#8E56EF#8E56EF

#8E56EF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.219 H 295.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E56EF
RGB	rgb(142, 86, 239)
HSL	hsl(262, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(262, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 64%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.26, 55.05, -68.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.26, 88.22, 308.61°)
OKLab	oklab(59.51% 0.0954 -0.1967)
OKLCH	oklch(59.51% 0.219 295.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.0590, 18.6377, 83.6584)
Luminance	0.1864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E56EF #B7EF56

analogous

#566AEF #8E56EF #DB56EF

triadic

#8E56EF #EF8E56 #56EF8E

tetradic

#8E56EF #EF566A #B7EF56 #56EFDB

square

#8E56EF #EF566A #B7EF56 #56EFDB

split-complementary

#8E56EF #EFDB56 #6AEF56

monochromatic

#4F12B9 #691EEA #8E56EF #B38EF4 #D9C6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#8E56EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#8E56EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E56EF

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E56EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E56EF	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079F4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0075EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#75799B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e56ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 86, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.219 295.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b689f5',
    500: '#8e56ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e56ef;
$custom-light: #b689f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e56ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.961,
    "s": 82.703,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59506,
    "c": 0.2186,
    "h": 295.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E56EF

secondary

#D8EBB5

accent

#DF0690

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FF

border

#D0CBD7

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E56EF

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

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