#8D56CE#8D56CE

#8D56CE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.180 H 302.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D56CE
RGB	rgb(141, 86, 206)
HSL	hsl(268, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(268, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 58.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.97, 46.52, -53.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.97, 71.21, 310.79°)
OKLab	oklab(57.13% 0.0959 -0.1526)
OKLCH	oklch(57.13% 0.18 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.4503, 16.7745, 60.2776)
Luminance	0.1678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D56CE #97CE56

analogous

#565BCE #8D56CE #C956CE

triadic

#8D56CE #CE8D56 #56CE8D

tetradic

#8D56CE #CE565B #97CE56 #56CEC9

square

#8D56CE #CE565B #97CE56 #56CEC9

split-complementary

#8D56CE #CEC956 #5BCE56

monochromatic

#512683 #6E34B3 #8D56CE #AD85DC #CDB5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#8D56CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#8D56CE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D56CE

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D56CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D56CE	1.00	4.82	4.35	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D71D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3671CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#806E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d56ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 86, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.180 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b288de',
    500: '#8d56ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d56ce;
$custom-light: #b288de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d56ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.5,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57128,
    "c": 0.18022,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D56CE

secondary

#C2D8A8

accent

#DE499A

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D56CE

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

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