#8C56EC#8C56EC

#8C56EC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.215 H 295.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C56EC
RGB	rgb(140, 86, 236)
HSL	hsl(262, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(262, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 63.6%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.84, 53.88, -67.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.84, 86.72, 308.42°)
OKLab	oklab(59.09% 0.093 -0.1938)
OKLCH	oklch(59.09% 0.215 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.2793, 18.2865, 81.3276)
Luminance	0.1829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C56EC #B6EC56

analogous

#566BEC #8C56EC #D756EC

triadic

#8C56EC #EC8C56 #56EC8C

tetradic

#8C56EC #EC566B #B6EC56 #56ECD7

square

#8C56EC #EC566B #B6EC56 #56ECD7

split-complementary

#8C56EC #ECD756 #6BEC56

monochromatic

#4E14B3 #671FE6 #8C56EC #B18DF2 #D7C4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#8C56EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#8C56EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C56EC

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C56EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C56EC	1.00	4.51	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0074E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#737999

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c56ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 86, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.215 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b488f3',
    500: '#8c56ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c56ec;
$custom-light: #b488f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c56ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.6,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59089,
    "c": 0.215,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C56EC

secondary

#D6EAB4

accent

#DC0990

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C56EC

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

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