#8E56DA#8E56DA

#8E56DA is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.194 H 299.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E56DA
RGB	rgb(142, 86, 218)
HSL	hsl(265, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(265, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 60.6%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.84, 49.73, -59.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.84, 77.44, 309.95°)
OKLab	oklab(58.03% 0.0969 -0.1686)
OKLCH	oklch(58.03% 0.194 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.1349, 17.4681, 68.2582)
Luminance	0.1747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E56DA #A2DA56

analogous

#5660DA #8E56DA #D056DA

triadic

#8E56DA #DA8E56 #56DA8E

tetradic

#8E56DA #DA5660 #A2DA56 #56DAD0

square

#8E56DA #DA5660 #A2DA56 #56DAD0

split-complementary

#8E56DA #DAD056 #60DA56

monochromatic

#522195 #6E2CC7 #8E56DA #B088E5 #D1BAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#8E56DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#8E56DA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E56DA

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E56DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E56DA	1.00	4.67	4.49	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2673D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E7290

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e56da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 86, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.194 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b488e6',
    500: '#8e56da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e56da;
$custom-light: #b488e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e56da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.455,
    "s": 64.078,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58031,
    "c": 0.19443,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E56DA

secondary

#CAE0AC

accent

#E741A1

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E56DA

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

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