#8850BE#8850BE

#8850BE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.169 H 304.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8850BE
RGB	rgb(136, 80, 190)
HSL	hsl(271, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(271, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 57.9%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.21, 44.63, -49.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.21, 66.39, 312.24°)
OKLab	oklab(54.66% 0.0969 -0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(54.66% 0.169 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.3142, 14.6894, 50.3650)
Luminance	0.1469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8850BE #86BE50

analogous

#5150BE #8850BE #BE50BD

triadic

#8850BE #BE8850 #50BE88

tetradic

#8850BE #BE5150 #86BE50 #50BDBE

square

#8850BE #BE5150 #86BE50 #50BDBE

split-complementary

#8850BE #BDBE50 #50BE51

monochromatic

#4A286C #693998 #8850BE #A67DCF #C5A9DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.33

#8850BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#8850BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8850BE

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8850BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8850BE	1.00	5.33	3.94	5.33
#FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2369C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A6BBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F657F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8850be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 80, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.169 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae83d2',
    500: '#8850be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8850be;
$custom-light: #ae83d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8850be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.545,
    "s": 45.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54659,
    "c": 0.16921,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8850BE

secondary

#B4CD9D

accent

#D55293

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFA

border

#D0CAD3

text

#110B14

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8850BE

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

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