#8B56EF#8B56EF

#8B56EF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.218 H 294.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B56EF
RGB	rgb(139, 86, 239)
HSL	hsl(261, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(261, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 64%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.95, 54.46, -69.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.95, 88.27, 308.10°)
OKLab	oklab(59.21% 0.0914 -0.1983)
OKLCH	oklch(59.21% 0.218 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.5511, 18.3758, 83.6345)
Luminance	0.1838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B56EF #BAEF56

analogous

#566DEF #8B56EF #D756EF

triadic

#8B56EF #EF8B56 #56EF8B

tetradic

#8B56EF #EF566D #BAEF56 #56EFD7

square

#8B56EF #EF566D #BAEF56 #56EFD7

split-complementary

#8B56EF #EFD756 #6DEF56

monochromatic

#4C12B9 #651EEA #8B56EF #B18EF4 #D8C6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#8B56EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#8B56EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B56EF

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B56EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B56EF	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078F4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0074EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#707A9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b56ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 86, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.218 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b488f5',
    500: '#8b56ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b56ef;
$custom-light: #b488f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b56ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.784,
    "s": 82.703,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59209,
    "c": 0.21838,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B56EF

secondary

#D9EBB5

accent

#DF0694

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FF

border

#D0CBD7

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B56EF

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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