#8D56EE#8D56EE

#8D56EE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.217 H 295.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D56EE
RGB	rgb(141, 86, 238)
HSL	hsl(262, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(262, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.8%, 63.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.09, 54.60, -68.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.09, 87.72, 308.49°)
OKLab	oklab(59.33% 0.0942 -0.1959)
OKLCH	oklch(59.33% 0.217 295.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.7408, 18.4907, 82.8745)
Luminance	0.1849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D56EE #B7EE56

analogous

#566BEE #8D56EE #D956EE

triadic

#8D56EE #EE8D56 #56EE8D

tetradic

#8D56EE #EE566B #B7EE56 #56EED9

square

#8D56EE #EE566B #B7EE56 #56EED9

split-complementary

#8D56EE #EED956 #6BEE56

monochromatic

#4E12B7 #671EE8 #8D56EE #B38EF4 #D8C5F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#8D56EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#8D56EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D56EE

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D56EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D56EE	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0075EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74799A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d56ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 86, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.217 295.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b589f4',
    500: '#8d56ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d56ee;
$custom-light: #b589f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d56ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.711,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59334,
    "c": 0.21738,
    "h": 295.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D56EE

secondary

#D7EBB5

accent

#DE0790

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D56EE

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

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