#8D56BB#8D56BB

#8D56BB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.158 H 307.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8D56BB
RGBrgb(141, 86, 187)
HSLhsl(273, 43%, 54%)
HSVhsv(273, 54%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(24.6%, 54%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LABlab(46.85, 41.93, -44.74)
CIE-LCHlch(46.85, 61.32, 313.14°)
OKLaboklab(55.94% 0.0954 -0.1257)
OKLCHoklch(55.94% 0.158 307.2)
XYZxyz(23.2801, 15.9064, 48.8479)
Luminance0.1591 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8D56BB #84BB56
analogous
#5A56BB #8D56BB #BB56B6
triadic
#8D56BB #BB8D56 #56BB8D
tetradic
#8D56BB #BB5A56 #84BB56 #56B6BB
square
#8D56BB #BB5A56 #84BB56 #56B6BB
split-complementary
#8D56BB #B6BB56 #56BB5A
monochromatic
#4E2B6B #6E3D97 #8D56BB #AA82CD #C8ADDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.02
#8D56BB on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18
#8D56BB on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D56BB
5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8D56BB#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8D56BB1.005.024.185.02
#FFFFFF5.021.0021.001.00
#0000004.1821.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.021.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#366DBE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#4870B9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#866880
Achromatopsia (no color)
#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8d56bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 86, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.158 307.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b187d0',
    500: '#8d56bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8d56bb;
$custom-light: #b187d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8d56bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.673,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55941,
    "c": 0.15778,
    "h": 307.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8D56BB
secondary
#B4CCA1
accent
#D2558E
background
#FBF8FC
surface
#F6F0F9
border
#D0CBD2
text
#110B14
muted
#807C82

Preview Lab

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#8D56BB Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva