#8D56E0#8D56E0

#8D56E0 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.201 H 298.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D56E0
RGB	rgb(141, 86, 224)
HSL	hsl(264, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(264, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 61.6%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.13, 51.02, -62.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.13, 80.54, 309.31°)
OKLab	oklab(58.34% 0.0953 -0.1773)
OKLCH	oklch(58.34% 0.201 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.7635, 17.6997, 72.4602)
Luminance	0.1770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D56E0 #A9E056

analogous

#5664E0 #8D56E0 #D256E0

triadic

#8D56E0 #E08D56 #56E08D

tetradic

#8D56E0 #E05664 #A9E056 #56E0D2

square

#8D56E0 #E05664 #A9E056 #56E0D2

split-complementary

#8D56E0 #E0D256 #64E056

monochromatic

#511D9F #6B27D2 #8D56E0 #B08AE9 #D3BDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#8D56E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#8D56E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D56E0

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D56E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D56E0	1.00	4.63	4.54	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0075E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1673DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A7493

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d56e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 86, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.201 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b488ea',
    500: '#8d56e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d56e0;
$custom-light: #b488ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d56e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.913,
    "s": 69,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58339,
    "c": 0.20126,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D56E0

secondary

#CEE3AF

accent

#D11586

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D56E0

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

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