#8E56DC#8E56DC

#8E56DC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.197 H 299.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E56DC
RGB	rgb(142, 86, 220)
HSL	hsl(265, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(265, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 60.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.97, 50.23, -60.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.97, 78.48, 309.80°)
OKLab	oklab(58.17% 0.0968 -0.1713)
OKLCH	oklch(58.17% 0.197 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.3982, 17.5734, 69.6448)
Luminance	0.1757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E56DC #A4DC56

analogous

#5661DC #8E56DC #D156DC

triadic

#8E56DC #DC8E56 #56DC8E

tetradic

#8E56DC #DC5661 #A4DC56 #56DCD1

square

#8E56DC #DC5661 #A4DC56 #56DCD1

split-complementary

#8E56DC #DCD156 #61DC56

monochromatic

#522098 #6D2ACB #8E56DC #B089E6 #D2BBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#8E56DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#8E56DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E56DC

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E56DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E56DC	1.00	4.65	4.51	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2273D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D7391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e56dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 86, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.197 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b488e8',
    500: '#8e56dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e56dc;
$custom-light: #b488e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e56dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.075,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58167,
    "c": 0.19675,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E56DC

secondary

#CBE1AD

accent

#E93FA2

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E56DC

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

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