#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
RGBrgb(136, 85, 227)
HSLhsl(262, 72%, 61%)
HSVhsv(262, 63%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(40.1%, 62.6%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LABlab(48.61, 51.27, -64.89)
CIE-LCHlch(48.61, 82.70, 308.31°)
OKLaboklab(57.9% 0.0896 -0.185)
OKLCHoklch(57.9% 0.206 295.8)
XYZxyz(27.2633, 17.2767, 74.5565)
Luminance0.1728 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##8855E31.004.714.464.71
#FFFFFF4.711.0021.001.00
#0000004.4621.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.711.0021.001.00

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

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#8855E3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva