#8D56D4#8D56D4

#8D56D4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.187 H 300.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D56D4
RGB	rgb(141, 86, 212)
HSL	hsl(266, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(266, 59%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 59.4%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.35, 48.01, -56.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.35, 74.33, 310.23°)
OKLab	oklab(57.52% 0.0958 -0.1609)
OKLCH	oklch(57.52% 0.187 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.1931, 17.0716, 64.1898)
Luminance	0.1707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D56D4 #9DD456

analogous

#565ED4 #8D56D4 #CC56D4

triadic

#8D56D4 #D48D56 #56D48D

tetradic

#8D56D4 #D4565E #9DD456 #56D4CC

square

#8D56D4 #D4565E #9DD456 #56D4CC

split-complementary

#8D56D4 #D4CC56 #5ED456

monochromatic

#51248C #6D30BD #8D56D4 #AE87E0 #CFB8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#8D56D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#8D56D4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D56D4

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D56D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D56D4	1.00	4.76	4.41	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C72D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E72D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E708D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d56d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 86, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.187 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b388e2',
    500: '#8d56d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d56d4;
$custom-light: #b388e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d56d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.19,
    "s": 59.434,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57523,
    "c": 0.18727,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D56D4

secondary

#C6DCAA

accent

#E3459E

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D56D4

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

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