#8D56CD#8D56CD

#8D56CD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.179 H 302.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D56CD
RGB	rgb(141, 86, 205)
HSL	hsl(268, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(268, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.2%, 58%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.91, 46.27, -53.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.91, 70.69, 310.89°)
OKLab	oklab(57.06% 0.0959 -0.1512)
OKLCH	oklch(57.06% 0.179 302.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.3292, 16.7260, 59.6398)
Luminance	0.1673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D56CD #96CD56

analogous

#565BCD #8D56CD #C956CD

triadic

#8D56CD #CD8D56 #56CD8D

tetradic

#8D56CD #CD565B #96CD56 #56CDC9

square

#8D56CD #CD565B #96CD56 #56CDC9

split-complementary

#8D56CD #CDC956 #5BCD56

monochromatic

#512682 #6E34B1 #8D56CD #AD85DB #CDB4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#8D56CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#8D56CD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D56CD

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D56CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D56CD	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F71D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3771CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#816E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d56cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 86, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.179 302.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b288dd',
    500: '#8d56cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d56cd;
$custom-light: #b288dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d56cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.731,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57063,
    "c": 0.17904,
    "h": 302.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D56CD

secondary

#C1D8A7

accent

#DE4A99

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D56CD

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →