#8E56CD#8E56CD

#8E56CD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.179 H 302.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E56CD
RGB	rgb(142, 86, 205)
HSL	hsl(268, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(268, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 58%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.02, 46.51, -53.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.02, 70.71, 311.13°)
OKLab	oklab(57.17% 0.0972 -0.1506)
OKLCH	oklch(57.17% 0.179 302.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.5001, 16.8141, 59.6478)
Luminance	0.1681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E56CD #95CD56

analogous

#565ACD #8E56CD #C956CD

triadic

#8E56CD #CD8E56 #56CD8E

tetradic

#8E56CD #CD565A #95CD56 #56CDC9

square

#8E56CD #CD565A #95CD56 #56CDC9

split-complementary

#8E56CD #CDC956 #5ACD56

monochromatic

#522682 #6F34B1 #8E56CD #AE85DB #CDB4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#8E56CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#8E56CD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E56CD

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E56CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E56CD	1.00	4.81	4.36	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2071D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3972CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#826E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e56cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 86, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.179 302.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b388dd',
    500: '#8e56cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e56cd;
$custom-light: #b388dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e56cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.235,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5717,
    "c": 0.17925,
    "h": 302.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E56CD

secondary

#C1D8A7

accent

#DE4A98

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E56CD

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →