#8855FF#8855FF

#8855FF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.238 H 291.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8855FF
RGB	rgb(136, 85, 255)
HSL	hsl(258, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(258, 67%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.7%, 66.7%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.63, 58.63, -77.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.63, 97.01, 307.18°)
OKLab	oklab(60% 0.0864 -0.2214)
OKLCH	oklch(60% 0.238 291.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.4468, 18.9501, 96.5892)
Luminance	0.1895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8855FF #CCFF55

analogous

#5577FF #8855FF #DD55FF

triadic

#8855FF #FF8855 #55FF88

tetradic

#8855FF #FF5577 #CCFF55 #55FFDD

square

#8855FF #FF5577 #CCFF55 #55FFDD

split-complementary

#8855FF #FFDD55 #77FF55

monochromatic

#4100DA #5D18FF #8855FF #B392FF #DECFFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#8855FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#8855FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8855FF

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8855FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8855FF	1.00	4.38	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0075FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#627FA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8855ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 85, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.238 291.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b488ff',
    500: '#8855ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8855ff;
$custom-light: #b488ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8855ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59995,
    "c": 0.23772,
    "h": 291.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8855FF

secondary

#E3F3BD

accent

#E600A1

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FF

border

#D0CBD7

text

#120C18

muted

#817D86

Preview Lab

Preview with #8855FF

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

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