#8E56EE#8E56EE

#8E56EE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.217 H 296.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E56EE
RGB	rgb(142, 86, 238)
HSL	hsl(262, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(262, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 63.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.19, 54.79, -68.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.19, 87.71, 308.66°)
OKLab	oklab(59.43% 0.0955 -0.1954)
OKLCH	oklch(59.43% 0.217 296)
XYZ	xyz(29.9117, 18.5788, 82.8825)
Luminance	0.1858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E56EE #B6EE56

analogous

#566AEE #8E56EE #DA56EE

triadic

#8E56EE #EE8E56 #56EE8E

tetradic

#8E56EE #EE566A #B6EE56 #56EEDA

square

#8E56EE #EE566A #B6EE56 #56EEDA

split-complementary

#8E56EE #EEDA56 #6AEE56

monochromatic

#4F12B7 #691EE8 #8E56EE #B38EF4 #D8C5F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#8E56EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#8E56EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E56EE

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E56EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E56EE	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0075EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#76799A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e56ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 86, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.217 296.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b589f4',
    500: '#8e56ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e56ee;
$custom-light: #b589f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e56ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.105,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59434,
    "c": 0.21747,
    "h": 296
  },
  "luminance": 0.18579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E56EE

secondary

#D7EBB5

accent

#DE078F

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E56EE

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

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