#8855E1#8855E1

#8855E1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.203 H 296.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8855E1
RGB	rgb(136, 85, 225)
HSL	hsl(262, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(262, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.6%, 62.2%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.47, 50.75, -63.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.47, 81.66, 308.42°)
OKLab	oklab(57.76% 0.0898 -0.1823)
OKLCH	oklch(57.76% 0.203 296.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.9889, 17.1670, 73.1112)
Luminance	0.1717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8855E1 #AEE155

analogous

#5568E1 #8855E1 #CE55E1

triadic

#8855E1 #E18855 #55E188

tetradic

#8855E1 #E15568 #AEE155 #55E1CE

square

#8855E1 #E15568 #AEE155 #55E1CE

split-complementary

#8855E1 #E1CE55 #68E155

monochromatic

#4C1C9F #6525D3 #8855E1 #AC89EA #D1BDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#8855E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#8855E1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8855E1

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8855E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8855E1	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0071DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#727593

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8855e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 85, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.203 296.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b087eb',
    500: '#8855e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8855e1;
$custom-light: #b087eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8855e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.857,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57759,
    "c": 0.2032,
    "h": 296.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8855E1

secondary

#D0E3AE

accent

#D2148D

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8855E1

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →