#8E56DF#8E56DF

#8E56DF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.200 H 298.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E56DF
RGB	rgb(142, 86, 223)
HSL	hsl(265, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(265, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.3%, 61.4%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.17, 50.98, -61.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.17, 80.02, 309.58°)
OKLab	oklab(58.37% 0.0967 -0.1753)
OKLCH	oklch(58.37% 0.2 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.7991, 17.7338, 71.7561)
Luminance	0.1773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E56DF #A7DF56

analogous

#5662DF #8E56DF #D356DF

triadic

#8E56DF #DF8E56 #56DF8E

tetradic

#8E56DF #DF5662 #A7DF56 #56DFD3

square

#8E56DF #DF5662 #A7DF56 #56DFD3

split-complementary

#8E56DF #DFD356 #62DF56

monochromatic

#521E9D #6C27D0 #8E56DF #B089E9 #D3BDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#8E56DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#8E56DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E56DF

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E56DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E56DF	1.00	4.62	4.55	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0075E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B74DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C7493

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e56df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 86, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.200 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b488ea',
    500: '#8e56df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e56df;
$custom-light: #b488ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e56df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.526,
    "s": 68.159,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58373,
    "c": 0.20023,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E56DF

secondary

#CDE2AE

accent

#D01584

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E56DF

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

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