#8855E3#8855E3

#8855E3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.206 H 295.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8855E3
RGB	rgb(136, 85, 227)
HSL	hsl(262, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(262, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 62.6%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.61, 51.27, -64.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.61, 82.70, 308.31°)
OKLab	oklab(57.9% 0.0896 -0.185)
OKLCH	oklch(57.9% 0.206 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.2633, 17.2767, 74.5565)
Luminance	0.1728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8855E3 #B0E355

analogous

#5569E3 #8855E3 #CF55E3

triadic

#8855E3 #E38855 #55E388

tetradic

#8855E3 #E35569 #B0E355 #55E3CF

square

#8855E3 #E35569 #B0E355 #55E3CF

split-complementary

#8855E3 #E3CF55 #69E355

monochromatic

#4C1BA3 #6423D7 #8855E3 #AD8AEC #D2BEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#8855E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#8855E3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8855E3

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8855E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8855E3	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0071E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#717594

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8855e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 85, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.206 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b187ed',
    500: '#8855e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8855e3;
$custom-light: #b187ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8855e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.549,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57902,
    "c": 0.20554,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8855E3

secondary

#D1E5AF

accent

#D4128E

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8855E3

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

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