#8D56D5#8D56D5

#8D56D5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.188 H 300.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D56D5
RGB	rgb(141, 86, 213)
HSL	hsl(266, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(266, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.8%, 59.6%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.41, 48.25, -57.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.41, 74.85, 310.14°)
OKLab	oklab(57.59% 0.0958 -0.1623)
OKLCH	oklch(57.59% 0.188 300.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.3197, 17.1222, 64.8562)
Luminance	0.1712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D56D5 #9ED556

analogous

#565ED5 #8D56D5 #CC56D5

triadic

#8D56D5 #D58D56 #56D58D

tetradic

#8D56D5 #D5565E #9ED556 #56D5CC

square

#8D56D5 #D5565E #9ED556 #56D5CC

split-complementary

#8D56D5 #D5CC56 #5ED556

monochromatic

#51238D #6D2FBE #8D56D5 #AE87E1 #CFB8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#8D56D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#8D56D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D56D5

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D56D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D56D5	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0772D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D72D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E718D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d56d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 86, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.188 300.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b388e3',
    500: '#8d56d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d56d5;
$custom-light: #b388e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d56d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.984,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57589,
    "c": 0.18844,
    "h": 300.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D56D5

secondary

#C7DDAA

accent

#E3449F

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110B15

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D56D5

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

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