#8E56EC#8E56EC

#8E56EC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.215 H 296.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E56EC
RGB	rgb(142, 86, 236)
HSL	hsl(262, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(262, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 63.6%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.05, 54.28, -67.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.05, 86.69, 308.77°)
OKLab	oklab(59.29% 0.0957 -0.1927)
OKLCH	oklch(59.29% 0.215 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.6195, 18.4619, 81.3436)
Luminance	0.1846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E56EC #B4EC56

analogous

#5669EC #8E56EC #D956EC

triadic

#8E56EC #EC8E56 #56EC8E

tetradic

#8E56EC #EC5669 #B4EC56 #56ECD9

square

#8E56EC #EC5669 #B4EC56 #56ECD9

split-complementary

#8E56EC #ECD956 #69EC56

monochromatic

#5014B3 #691FE6 #8E56EC #B38DF2 #D8C4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#8E56EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#8E56EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E56EC

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E56EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E56EC	1.00	4.48	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0075E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#767899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e56ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 86, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.215 296.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b589f3',
    500: '#8e56ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e56ec;
$custom-light: #b589f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e56ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.4,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59289,
    "c": 0.21519,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E56EC

secondary

#D6EAB4

accent

#DC098D

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E56EC

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

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