#8E56E7#8E56E7

#8E56E7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.209 H 297.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E56E7
RGB	rgb(142, 86, 231)
HSL	hsl(263, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(263, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 62.8%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.71, 53.01, -65.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.71, 84.13, 309.05°)
OKLab	oklab(58.93% 0.0961 -0.1861)
OKLCH	oklch(58.93% 0.209 297.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.9032, 18.1754, 77.5712)
Luminance	0.1818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E56E7 #AFE756

analogous

#5667E7 #8E56E7 #D656E7

triadic

#8E56E7 #E78E56 #56E78E

tetradic

#8E56E7 #E75667 #AFE756 #56E7D6

square

#8E56E7 #E75667 #AFE756 #56E7D6

split-complementary

#8E56E7 #E7D656 #67E756

monochromatic

#5118AA #6A20DF #8E56E7 #B28CEF #D6C1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53

#8E56E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.64

#8E56E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E56E7

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E56E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E56E7	1.00	4.53	4.64	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0074E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#797797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e56e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 86, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.209 297.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b588ef',
    500: '#8e56e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e56e7;
$custom-light: #b588ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e56e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.172,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58932,
    "c": 0.20946,
    "h": 297.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E56E7

secondary

#D2E7B2

accent

#D70E8A

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E56E7

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

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