#8D56E1#8D56E1

#8D56E1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.202 H 298.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D56E1
RGB	rgb(141, 86, 225)
HSL	hsl(264, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(264, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 61.8%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.20, 51.27, -62.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.20, 81.06, 309.24°)
OKLab	oklab(58.41% 0.0952 -0.1786)
OKLCH	oklch(58.41% 0.202 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.8995, 17.7542, 73.1766)
Luminance	0.1776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D56E1 #AAE156

analogous

#5664E1 #8D56E1 #D256E1

triadic

#8D56E1 #E18D56 #56E18D

tetradic

#8D56E1 #E15664 #AAE156 #56E1D2

square

#8D56E1 #E15664 #AAE156 #56E1D2

split-complementary

#8D56E1 #E1D256 #64E156

monochromatic

#511CA0 #6B26D4 #8D56E1 #B08AEA #D3BEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#8D56E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#8D56E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D56E1

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D56E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D56E1	1.00	4.61	4.55	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0075E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1373DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#797594

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d56e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 86, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.202 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b488eb',
    500: '#8d56e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d56e1;
$custom-light: #b488eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d56e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.741,
    "s": 69.849,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58408,
    "c": 0.20241,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D56E1

secondary

#CFE4AF

accent

#D21487

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D56E1

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

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