#8855E9#8855E9

#8855E9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.213 H 294.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8855E9
RGB	rgb(136, 85, 233)
HSL	hsl(261, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(261, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.6%, 63.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.02, 52.83, -67.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.02, 85.80, 308.01°)
OKLab	oklab(58.34% 0.0891 -0.1929)
OKLCH	oklch(58.34% 0.213 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.1059, 17.6138, 78.9940)
Luminance	0.1761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8855E9 #B6E955

analogous

#556CE9 #8855E9 #D255E9

triadic

#8855E9 #E98855 #55E988

tetradic

#8855E9 #E9556C #B6E955 #55E9D2

square

#8855E9 #E9556C #B6E955 #55E9D2

split-complementary

#8855E9 #E9D255 #6CE955

monochromatic

#4A16AD #621FE2 #8855E9 #AE8BF0 #D4C1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#8855E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#8855E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8855E9

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8855E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8855E9	1.00	4.64	4.52	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0076EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0072E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6E7797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8855e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 85, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.213 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b188f1',
    500: '#8855e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8855e9;
$custom-light: #b188f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8855e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.676,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58336,
    "c": 0.21252,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8855E9

secondary

#D5E8B2

accent

#D90C93

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110B17

muted

#807C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8855E9

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

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