#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
RGBrgb(136, 85, 225)
HSLhsl(262, 70%, 61%)
HSVhsv(262, 62%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(39.6%, 62.2%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LABlab(48.47, 50.75, -63.98)
CIE-LCHlch(48.47, 81.66, 308.42°)
OKLaboklab(57.76% 0.0898 -0.1823)
OKLCHoklch(57.76% 0.203 296.2)
XYZxyz(26.9889, 17.1670, 73.1112)
Luminance0.1717 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

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
##8855E11.004.744.434.74
#FFFFFF4.741.0021.001.00
#0000004.4321.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.741.0021.001.00

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

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#8855E1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva