#8D56B2#8D56B2

#8D56B2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.147 H 310.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D56B2
RGB	rgb(141, 86, 178)
HSL	hsl(276, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(276, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 51.7%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.36, 39.82, -40.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.36, 56.64, 314.68°)
OKLab	oklab(55.41% 0.0946 -0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(55.41% 0.147 310)
XYZ	xyz(22.3467, 15.5330, 43.9318)
Luminance	0.1553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D56B2 #7BB256

analogous

#5F56B2 #8D56B2 #B256A9

triadic

#8D56B2 #B28D56 #56B28D

tetradic

#8D56B2 #B25F56 #7BB256 #56A9B2

square

#8D56B2 #B25F56 #7BB256 #56A9B2

split-complementary

#8D56B2 #A9B256 #56B25F

monochromatic

#4C2C61 #6D3F8B #8D56B2 #A980C5 #C6AAD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#8D56B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#8D56B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D56B2

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D56B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D56B2	1.00	5.11	4.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D6BB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E6FB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88657C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d56b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 86, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.147 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b087c9',
    500: '#8d56b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d56b2;
$custom-light: #b087c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d56b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.87,
    "s": 37.398,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55414,
    "c": 0.14714,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.15533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D56B2

secondary

#AEC69E

accent

#CD5A89

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6F0F8

border

#D0CBD1

text

#110B13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D56B2

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

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