#8855E4#8855E4

#8855E4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.207 H 295.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8855E4
RGB	rgb(136, 85, 228)
HSL	hsl(261, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(261, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 62.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.68, 51.53, -65.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.68, 83.22, 308.26°)
OKLab	oklab(57.97% 0.0895 -0.1863)
OKLCH	oklch(57.97% 0.207 295.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.4018, 17.3321, 75.2855)
Luminance	0.1733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8855E4 #B1E455

analogous

#556AE4 #8855E4 #D055E4

triadic

#8855E4 #E48855 #55E488

tetradic

#8855E4 #E4556A #B1E455 #55E4D0

square

#8855E4 #E4556A #B1E455 #55E4D0

split-complementary

#8855E4 #E4D055 #6AE455

monochromatic

#4B1AA4 #6423D9 #8855E4 #AD8AEC #D2BFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#8855E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#8855E4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8855E4

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8855E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8855E4	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0075E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0072E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#707695

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8855e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 85, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.207 295.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b187ed',
    500: '#8855e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8855e4;
$custom-light: #b187ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8855e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.399,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57974,
    "c": 0.2067,
    "h": 295.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8855E4

secondary

#D2E5B0

accent

#D5118F

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8855E4

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

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