#8855D9#8855D9

#8855D9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.194 H 297.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8855D9
RGB	rgb(136, 85, 217)
HSL	hsl(263, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(263, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 60.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.93, 48.69, -60.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.93, 77.51, 308.92°)
OKLab	oklab(57.2% 0.0903 -0.1715)
OKLCH	oklch(57.2% 0.194 297.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.9231, 16.7406, 67.4977)
Luminance	0.1674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8855D9 #A6D955

analogous

#5564D9 #8855D9 #CA55D9

triadic

#8855D9 #D98855 #55D988

tetradic

#8855D9 #D95564 #A6D955 #55D9CA

square

#8855D9 #D95564 #A6D955 #55D9CA

split-complementary

#8855D9 #D9CA55 #64D955

monochromatic

#4D2193 #672CC5 #8855D9 #AB87E4 #CEB9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#8855D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#8855D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8855D9

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8855D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8855D9	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A70D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#75728F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8855d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 85, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.194 297.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b087e5',
    500: '#8855d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8855d9;
$custom-light: #b087e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8855d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.182,
    "s": 63.462,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57198,
    "c": 0.1938,
    "h": 297.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8855D9

secondary

#CBDFAB

accent

#E641A7

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8855D9

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

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