#8D56E6#8D56E6

#8D56E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.208 H 297.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D56E6
RGB	rgb(141, 86, 230)
HSL	hsl(263, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(263, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.7%, 62.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.53, 52.55, -65.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.53, 83.63, 308.93°)
OKLab	oklab(58.76% 0.0949 -0.1853)
OKLCH	oklch(58.76% 0.208 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.5916, 18.0310, 76.8215)
Luminance	0.1803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D56E6 #AFE656

analogous

#5667E6 #8D56E6 #D556E6

triadic

#8D56E6 #E68D56 #56E68D

tetradic

#8D56E6 #E65667 #AFE656 #56E6D5

square

#8D56E6 #E65667 #AFE656 #56E6D5

split-complementary

#8D56E6 #E6D556 #67E656

monochromatic

#5019A9 #6921DE #8D56E6 #B18BEE #D5C1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#8D56E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#8D56E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D56E6

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D56E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D56E6	1.00	4.56	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0076EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0074E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#777696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d56e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 86, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.208 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b488ef',
    500: '#8d56e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d56e6;
$custom-light: #b488ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d56e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.917,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5876,
    "c": 0.2082,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D56E6

secondary

#D2E6B1

accent

#D60F8A

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D56E6

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

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