#8E56E4#8E56E4

#8E56E4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.206 H 297.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E56E4
RGB	rgb(142, 86, 228)
HSL	hsl(264, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(264, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.7%, 62.3%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.51, 52.25, -63.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.51, 82.60, 309.24°)
OKLab	oklab(58.72% 0.0963 -0.1821)
OKLCH	oklch(58.72% 0.206 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.4832, 18.0074, 75.3589)
Luminance	0.1801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E56E4 #ACE456

analogous

#5665E4 #8E56E4 #D556E4

triadic

#8E56E4 #E48E56 #56E48E

tetradic

#8E56E4 #E45665 #ACE456 #56E4D5

square

#8E56E4 #E45665 #ACE456 #56E4D5

split-complementary

#8E56E4 #E4D556 #65E456

monochromatic

#511AA5 #6B23DA #8E56E4 #B18BEC #D5C0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#8E56E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#8E56E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E56E4

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E56E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E56E4	1.00	4.56	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0076E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0974E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A7695

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e56e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 86, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.206 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b588ed',
    500: '#8e56e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e56e4;
$custom-light: #b588ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e56e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.662,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58721,
    "c": 0.20601,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E56E4

secondary

#D0E5B0

accent

#D51187

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E56E4

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

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