#8D56D8#8D56D8

#8D56D8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.192 H 299.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D56D8
RGB	rgb(141, 86, 216)
HSL	hsl(265, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(265, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.7%, 60.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.61, 49.01, -58.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.61, 76.41, 309.89°)
OKLab	oklab(57.79% 0.0957 -0.1664)
OKLCH	oklch(57.79% 0.192 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.7040, 17.2759, 66.8801)
Luminance	0.1728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D56D8 #A1D856

analogous

#5660D8 #8D56D8 #CE56D8

triadic

#8D56D8 #D88D56 #56D88D

tetradic

#8D56D8 #D85660 #A1D856 #56D8CE

square

#8D56D8 #D85660 #A1D856 #56D8CE

split-complementary

#8D56D8 #D8CE56 #60D856

monochromatic

#512292 #6D2DC4 #8D56D8 #AF88E3 #D0B9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#8D56D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#8D56D8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D56D8

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D56D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D56D8	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2872D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D728F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d56d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 86, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.192 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b388e5',
    500: '#8d56d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d56d8;
$custom-light: #b388e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d56d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.385,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57791,
    "c": 0.19194,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D56D8

secondary

#C9DEAB

accent

#E642A0

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D56D8

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

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