#8D56AA#8D56AA

#8D56AA is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.138 H 312.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D56AA
RGB	rgb(141, 86, 170)
HSL	hsl(279, 33%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(279, 49%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.1%, 49.4%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.94, 38.00, -36.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.94, 52.52, 316.36°)
OKLab	oklab(54.97% 0.0937 -0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(54.97% 0.138 312.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.5668, 15.2211, 39.8243)
Luminance	0.1522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D56AA #73AA56

analogous

#6356AA #8D56AA #AA569D

triadic

#8D56AA #AA8D56 #56AA8D

tetradic

#8D56AA #AA6356 #73AA56 #569DAA

square

#8D56AA #AA6356 #73AA56 #569DAA

split-complementary

#8D56AA #9DAA56 #56AA63

monochromatic

#4A2D59 #6B4182 #8D56AA #A87FBE #C4A7D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.19

#8D56AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04

#8D56AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D56AA

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D56AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D56AA	1.00	5.19	4.04	5.19
#FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#436AAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#536EA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A6378

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d56aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 86, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.138 312.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b087c3',
    500: '#8d56aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d56aa;
$custom-light: #b087c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d56aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.286,
    "s": 33.071,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54966,
    "c": 0.13775,
    "h": 312.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D56AA

secondary

#A8C19B

accent

#C95F83

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6F0F8

border

#D0CBD1

text

#110B12

muted

#807C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D56AA

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

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