#8856F3#8856F3

#8856F3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.223 H 293.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8856F3
RGB	rgb(136, 86, 243)
HSL	hsl(259, 87%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(259, 65%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(44%, 64.6%, 0%, 4.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.93, 54.94, -71.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.93, 90.36, 307.44°)
OKLab	oklab(59.22% 0.087 -0.2051)
OKLCH	oklch(59.22% 0.223 293)
XYZ	xyz(29.6544, 18.3600, 86.7580)
Luminance	0.1836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8856F3 #C1F356

analogous

#5673F3 #8856F3 #D656F3

triadic

#8856F3 #F38856 #56F388

tetradic

#8856F3 #F35673 #C1F356 #56F3D6

square

#8856F3 #F35673 #C1F356 #56F3D6

split-complementary

#8856F3 #F3D656 #73F356

monochromatic

#470EC1 #601DEF #8856F3 #B08FF7 #D8C8FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#8856F3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#8856F3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8856F3

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8856F3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8856F3	1.00	4.49	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079F8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0074F0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#697B9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8856f3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 86, 243);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.223 293.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b288f8',
    500: '#8856f3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8856f3;
$custom-light: #b288f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8856f3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 243
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.108,
    "s": 86.74,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59215,
    "c": 0.22283,
    "h": 293
  },
  "luminance": 0.18361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8856F3

secondary

#DCEDB7

accent

#E3029C

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FF

border

#D0CBD7

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8856F3

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

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