#8D56CB#8D56CB

#8D56CB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.177 H 302.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D56CB
RGB	rgb(141, 86, 203)
HSL	hsl(268, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(268, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 57.6%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.79, 45.78, -52.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.79, 69.65, 311.09°)
OKLab	oklab(56.93% 0.0959 -0.1484)
OKLCH	oklch(56.93% 0.177 302.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.0893, 16.6301, 58.3765)
Luminance	0.1663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D56CB #94CB56

analogous

#565ACB #8D56CB #C756CB

triadic

#8D56CB #CB8D56 #56CB8D

tetradic

#8D56CB #CB565A #94CB56 #56CBC7

square

#8D56CB #CB565A #94CB56 #56CBC7

split-complementary

#8D56CB #CBC756 #5ACB56

monochromatic

#51277F #6E36AE #8D56CB #AD85D9 #CCB4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#8D56CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#8D56CB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D56CB

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D56CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D56CB	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2270CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A71C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#816D88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d56cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 86, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.177 302.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b288db',
    500: '#8d56cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d56cb;
$custom-light: #b288db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d56cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.205,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56934,
    "c": 0.17668,
    "h": 302.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D56CB

secondary

#C0D6A6

accent

#DC4B98

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D56CB

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

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