#8E56DB#8E56DB

#8E56DB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.196 H 299.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E56DB
RGB	rgb(142, 86, 219)
HSL	hsl(265, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(265, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 60.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.91, 49.98, -59.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.91, 77.96, 309.87°)
OKLab	oklab(58.1% 0.0969 -0.1699)
OKLCH	oklch(58.1% 0.196 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.2662, 17.5206, 68.9494)
Luminance	0.1752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E56DB #A3DB56

analogous

#5661DB #8E56DB #D056DB

triadic

#8E56DB #DB8E56 #56DB8E

tetradic

#8E56DB #DB5661 #A3DB56 #56DBD0

square

#8E56DB #DB5661 #A3DB56 #56DBD0

split-complementary

#8E56DB #DBD056 #61DB56

monochromatic

#522097 #6D2BC9 #8E56DB #B088E6 #D1BBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#8E56DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#8E56DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E56DB

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E56DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E56DB	1.00	4.66	4.50	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2473D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D7390

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e56db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 86, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.196 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b488e7',
    500: '#8e56db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e56db;
$custom-light: #b488e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e56db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.263,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58099,
    "c": 0.19559,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E56DB

secondary

#CAE0AD

accent

#E840A1

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E56DB

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

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