#8856ED#8856ED

#8856ED is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.216 H 294.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8856ED
RGB	rgb(136, 86, 237)
HSL	hsl(260, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(260, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 63.7%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.50, 53.36, -69.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.50, 87.29, 307.68°)
OKLab	oklab(58.77% 0.0877 -0.1973)
OKLCH	oklch(58.77% 0.216 294)
XYZ	xyz(28.7631, 18.0035, 82.0639)
Luminance	0.1800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8856ED #BBED56

analogous

#566FED #8856ED #D456ED

triadic

#8856ED #ED8856 #56ED88

tetradic

#8856ED #ED566F #BBED56 #56EDD4

square

#8856ED #ED566F #BBED56 #56EDD4

split-complementary

#8856ED #EDD456 #6FED56

monochromatic

#4913B5 #611FE7 #8856ED #AF8DF3 #D6C5F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#8856ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#8856ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8856ED

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8856ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8856ED	1.00	4.56	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0073EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C799A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8856ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 86, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.216 294.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b288f4',
    500: '#8856ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8856ed;
$custom-light: #b288f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8856ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.868,
    "s": 80.749,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5877,
    "c": 0.21589,
    "h": 294
  },
  "luminance": 0.18004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8856ED

secondary

#D8EAB4

accent

#DD0897

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8856ED

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

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