#8E56DD#8E56DD

#8E56DD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.198 H 299.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E56DD
RGB	rgb(142, 86, 221)
HSL	hsl(265, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(265, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 61.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.04, 50.48, -60.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.04, 78.99, 309.72°)
OKLab	oklab(58.24% 0.0968 -0.1726)
OKLCH	oklch(58.24% 0.198 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.5310, 17.6265, 70.3444)
Luminance	0.1763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E56DD #A5DD56

analogous

#5661DD #8E56DD #D156DD

triadic

#8E56DD #DD8E56 #56DD8E

tetradic

#8E56DD #DD5661 #A5DD56 #56DDD1

square

#8E56DD #DD5661 #A5DD56 #56DDD1

split-complementary

#8E56DD #DDD156 #61DD56

monochromatic

#521F9A #6D29CD #8E56DD #B089E7 #D2BCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#8E56DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#8E56DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E56DD

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E56DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E56DD	1.00	4.64	4.53	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2073DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C7392

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e56dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 86, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.198 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b488e8',
    500: '#8e56dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e56dd;
$custom-light: #b488e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e56dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.889,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58235,
    "c": 0.19791,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E56DD

secondary

#CCE1AE

accent

#CE1782

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E56DD

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

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