#8856E4#8856E4

#8856E4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.205 H 295.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8856E4
RGB	rgb(136, 86, 228)
HSL	hsl(261, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(261, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 62.3%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.87, 51.00, -65.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.87, 82.64, 308.11°)
OKLab	oklab(58.12% 0.0884 -0.1854)
OKLCH	oklch(58.12% 0.205 295.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.4810, 17.4907, 75.3119)
Luminance	0.1749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8856E4 #B2E456

analogous

#566BE4 #8856E4 #CF56E4

triadic

#8856E4 #E48856 #56E488

tetradic

#8856E4 #E4566B #B2E456 #56E4CF

square

#8856E4 #E4566B #B2E456 #56E4CF

split-complementary

#8856E4 #E4CF56 #6BE456

monochromatic

#4B1AA5 #6323DA #8856E4 #AD8BEC #D2C0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#8856E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#8856E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8856E4

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8856E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8856E4	1.00	4.67	4.50	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	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: #8856e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 86, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.205 295.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b188ed',
    500: '#8856e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8856e4;
$custom-light: #b188ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8856e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.127,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58117,
    "c": 0.2054,
    "h": 295.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8856E4

secondary

#D3E5B0

accent

#D51190

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8856E4

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

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