#8E56CC#8E56CC

#8E56CC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.178 H 303.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E56CC
RGB	rgb(142, 86, 204)
HSL	hsl(268, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(268, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.4%, 57.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.96, 46.27, -52.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.96, 70.19, 311.24°)
OKLab	oklab(57.11% 0.0972 -0.1492)
OKLCH	oklch(57.11% 0.178 303.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.3797, 16.7660, 59.0141)
Luminance	0.1677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E56CC #94CC56

analogous

#5659CC #8E56CC #C956CC

triadic

#8E56CC #CC8E56 #56CC8E

tetradic

#8E56CC #CC5659 #94CC56 #56CCC9

square

#8E56CC #CC5659 #94CC56 #56CCC9

split-complementary

#8E56CC #CCC956 #59CC56

monochromatic

#522781 #6F35B0 #8E56CC #AD85DA #CDB4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#8E56CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#8E56CC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E56CC

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E56CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E56CC	1.00	4.82	4.35	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2171D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A72C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#826E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e56cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 86, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.178 303.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b388dc',
    500: '#8e56cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e56cc;
$custom-light: #b388dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e56cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.475,
    "s": 53.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57106,
    "c": 0.17808,
    "h": 303.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E56CC

secondary

#C0D7A7

accent

#DD4B98

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E56CC

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

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