#8B56FF#8B56FF

#8B56FF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.237 H 292.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B56FF
RGB	rgb(139, 86, 255)
HSL	hsl(259, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(259, 66%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 66.3%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.11, 58.64, -76.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.11, 96.39, 307.47°)
OKLab	oklab(60.41% 0.0895 -0.219)
OKLCH	oklch(60.41% 0.237 292.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.0202, 19.3635, 96.6388)
Luminance	0.1936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8B56FF #CAFF56

analogous

#5675FF #8B56FF #E056FF

triadic

#8B56FF #FF8B56 #56FF8B

tetradic

#8B56FF #FF5675 #CAFF56 #56FFE0

square

#8B56FF #FF5675 #CAFF56 #56FFE0

split-complementary

#8B56FF #FFE056 #75FF56

monochromatic

#4500DB #6119FF #8B56FF #B593FF #DFD0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#8B56FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#8B56FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B56FF

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B56FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B56FF	1.00	4.31	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0076FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#687FA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b56ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 86, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.237 292.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b589ff',
    500: '#8b56ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b56ff;
$custom-light: #b589ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b56ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.817,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60409,
    "c": 0.23659,
    "h": 292.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B56FF

secondary

#E2F3BD

accent

#E6009E

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F7F0FF

border

#D0CBD7

text

#120C18

muted

#817D86

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B56FF

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

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