#8D56BD#8D56BD

#8D56BD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.160 H 306.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D56BD
RGB	rgb(141, 86, 189)
HSL	hsl(272, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(272, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 54.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.96, 42.40, -45.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.96, 62.36, 312.84°)
OKLab	oklab(56.06% 0.0955 -0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(56.06% 0.16 306.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.4957, 15.9926, 49.9834)
Luminance	0.1599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D56BD #86BD56

analogous

#5A56BD #8D56BD #BD56BA

triadic

#8D56BD #BD8D56 #56BD8D

tetradic

#8D56BD #BD5A56 #86BD56 #56BABD

square

#8D56BD #BD5A56 #86BD56 #56BABD

split-complementary

#8D56BD #BABD56 #56BD5A

monochromatic

#4F2B6E #6E3C9A #8D56BD #AB82CE #C8AEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#8D56BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#8D56BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D56BD

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D56BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D56BD	1.00	5.00	4.20	5.00
#FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#346DC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4670BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#856981

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d56bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 86, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.160 306.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b188d1',
    500: '#8d56bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d56bd;
$custom-light: #b188d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d56bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.039,
    "s": 43.83,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56062,
    "c": 0.16015,
    "h": 306.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D56BD

secondary

#B6CDA1

accent

#D45490

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6F0F9

border

#D0CBD2

text

#110B14

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D56BD

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

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