#8D56C8#8D56C8

#8D56C8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.173 H 303.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D56C8
RGB	rgb(141, 86, 200)
HSL	hsl(269, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(269, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.5%, 57%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.61, 45.05, -51.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.61, 68.09, 311.42°)
OKLab	oklab(56.74% 0.0959 -0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(56.74% 0.173 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.7353, 16.4885, 56.5119)
Luminance	0.1649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D56C8 #91C856

analogous

#5658C8 #8D56C8 #C656C8

triadic

#8D56C8 #C88D56 #56C88D

tetradic

#8D56C8 #C85658 #91C856 #56C8C6

square

#8D56C8 #C85658 #91C856 #56C8C6

split-complementary

#8D56C8 #C8C656 #58C856

monochromatic

#50287B #6E37AA #8D56C8 #AC84D7 #CBB2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#8D56C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#8D56C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D56C8

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D56C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D56C8	1.00	4.89	4.30	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2770CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D71C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#826C87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d56c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 86, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.173 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b288d9',
    500: '#8d56c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d56c8;
$custom-light: #b288d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d56c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.947,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56743,
    "c": 0.17315,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D56C8

secondary

#BED4A5

accent

#DA4D96

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D56C8

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

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