#8848E6#8848E6

#8848E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.225 H 297.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8848E6
RGB	rgb(136, 72, 230)
HSL	hsl(264, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(264, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 68.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.42, 58.61, -70.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.42, 91.40, 309.88°)
OKLab	oklab(56.4% 0.1026 -0.2004)
OKLCH	oklch(56.4% 0.225 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.7499, 15.5816, 76.4458)
Luminance	0.1558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8848E6 #A6E648

analogous

#4857E6 #8848E6 #D748E6

triadic

#8848E6 #E68848 #48E688

tetradic

#8848E6 #E64857 #A6E648 #48E6D7

square

#8848E6 #E64857 #A6E648 #48E6D7

split-complementary

#8848E6 #E6D748 #57E648

monochromatic

#4D169E #671DD4 #8848E6 #AB7EED #CEB4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#8848E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#8848E6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8848E6

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8848E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8848E6	1.00	5.10	4.12	5.10
#FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006CE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#706F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8848e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 72, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.225 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b280ef',
    500: '#8848e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8848e6;
$custom-light: #b280ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8848e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.304,
    "s": 75.962,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56398,
    "c": 0.22512,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8848E6

secondary

#CBE4A6

accent

#F335A6

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120A17

muted

#817C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8848E6

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

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