#8555E3#8555E3

#8555E3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.205 H 294.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8555E3
RGB	rgb(133, 85, 227)
HSL	hsl(260, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(260, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 62.6%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.30, 50.66, -65.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.30, 82.73, 307.76°)
OKLab	oklab(57.61% 0.0856 -0.1866)
OKLCH	oklch(57.61% 0.205 294.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.7828, 17.0290, 74.5340)
Luminance	0.1703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8555E3 #B3E355

analogous

#556CE3 #8555E3 #CC55E3

triadic

#8555E3 #E38555 #55E385

tetradic

#8555E3 #E3556C #B3E355 #55E3CC

square

#8555E3 #E3556C #B3E355 #55E3CC

split-complementary

#8555E3 #E3CC55 #6CE355

monochromatic

#491BA3 #6023D7 #8555E3 #AB8AEC #D0BEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#8555E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#8555E3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8555E3

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8555E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8555E3	1.00	4.77	4.41	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0070E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C7694

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8555e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 85, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.205 294.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af87ed',
    500: '#8555e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8555e3;
$custom-light: #af87ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8555e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.282,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57606,
    "c": 0.20531,
    "h": 294.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8555E3

secondary

#D3E5AF

accent

#D41292

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8555E3

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

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