#8D56E5#8D56E5

#8D56E5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.207 H 297.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D56E5
RGB	rgb(141, 86, 229)
HSL	hsl(263, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(263, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 62.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.47, 52.29, -64.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.47, 83.12, 308.99°)
OKLab	oklab(58.69% 0.095 -0.184)
OKLCH	oklch(58.69% 0.207 297.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.4515, 17.9750, 76.0841)
Luminance	0.1797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D56E5 #AEE556

analogous

#5667E5 #8D56E5 #D556E5

triadic

#8D56E5 #E58D56 #56E58D

tetradic

#8D56E5 #E55667 #AEE556 #56E5D5

square

#8D56E5 #E55667 #AEE556 #56E5D5

split-complementary

#8D56E5 #E5D556 #67E556

monochromatic

#501AA7 #6922DC #8D56E5 #B18BED #D5C0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#8D56E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#8D56E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D56E5

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D56E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D56E5	1.00	4.57	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0076E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0074E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#787696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d56e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 86, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.207 297.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b488ee',
    500: '#8d56e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d56e5;
$custom-light: #b488ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d56e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.077,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58689,
    "c": 0.20704,
    "h": 297.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D56E5

secondary

#D2E6B1

accent

#D5108A

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D56E5

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

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