#8E56E2#8E56E2

#8E56E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.204 H 298.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E56E2
RGB	rgb(142, 86, 226)
HSL	hsl(264, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(264, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.2%, 61.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.37, 51.74, -63.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.37, 81.57, 309.37°)
OKLab	oklab(58.58% 0.0965 -0.1794)
OKLCH	oklch(58.58% 0.204 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.2071, 17.8970, 73.9051)
Luminance	0.1790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E56E2 #AAE256

analogous

#5664E2 #8E56E2 #D456E2

triadic

#8E56E2 #E28E56 #56E28E

tetradic

#8E56E2 #E25664 #AAE256 #56E2D4

square

#8E56E2 #E25664 #AAE256 #56E2D4

split-complementary

#8E56E2 #E2D456 #64E256

monochromatic

#511CA2 #6C25D6 #8E56E2 #B18AEB #D4BEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#8E56E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#8E56E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E56E2

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E56E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E56E2	1.00	4.59	4.58	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0076E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1274DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B7594

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e56e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 86, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.204 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b488ec',
    500: '#8e56e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e56e2;
$custom-light: #b488ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e56e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58581,
    "c": 0.2037,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E56E2

secondary

#CFE4B0

accent

#D31386

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E56E2

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

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