#8856E8#8856E8

#8856E8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.210 H 294.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8856E8
RGB	rgb(136, 86, 232)
HSL	hsl(261, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(261, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 62.9%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.15, 52.05, -66.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.15, 84.71, 307.91°)
OKLab	oklab(58.4% 0.0881 -0.1907)
OKLCH	oklch(58.4% 0.21 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.0427, 17.7153, 78.2702)
Luminance	0.1772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8856E8 #B6E856

analogous

#566DE8 #8856E8 #D156E8

triadic

#8856E8 #E88856 #56E888

tetradic

#8856E8 #E8566D #B6E856 #56E8D1

square

#8856E8 #E8566D #B6E856 #56E8D1

split-complementary

#8856E8 #E8D156 #6DE856

monochromatic

#4A17AC #6220E1 #8856E8 #AE8CEF #D4C2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#8856E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#8856E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8856E8

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8856E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8856E8	1.00	4.62	4.54	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0076ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0072E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F7897

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8856e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 86, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.210 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b188f0',
    500: '#8856e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8856e8;
$custom-light: #b188f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8856e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.548,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58405,
    "c": 0.21007,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8856E8

secondary

#D5E8B2

accent

#D80D93

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C17

muted

#807D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8856E8

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

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