#8856E5#8856E5

#8856E5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.207 H 295.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8856E5
RGB	rgb(136, 86, 229)
HSL	hsl(261, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(261, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 62.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.94, 51.26, -65.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.94, 83.16, 308.06°)
OKLab	oklab(58.19% 0.0884 -0.1867)
OKLCH	oklch(58.19% 0.207 295.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.6203, 17.5464, 76.0451)
Luminance	0.1755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8856E5 #B3E556

analogous

#566CE5 #8856E5 #D056E5

triadic

#8856E5 #E58856 #56E588

tetradic

#8856E5 #E5566C #B3E556 #56E5D0

square

#8856E5 #E5566C #B3E556 #56E5D0

split-complementary

#8856E5 #E5D056 #6CE556

monochromatic

#4B1AA7 #6322DC #8856E5 #AD8BED #D3C0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#8856E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#8856E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8856E5

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8856E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8856E5	1.00	4.66	4.51	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0075EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0072E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#707796

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8856e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 86, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.207 295.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b188ee',
    500: '#8856e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8856e5;
$custom-light: #b188ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8856e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.979,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58188,
    "c": 0.20656,
    "h": 295.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8856E5

secondary

#D3E6B1

accent

#D51090

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8856E5

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

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