#8857CD#8857CD

#8857CD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.177 H 299.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8857CD
RGB	rgb(136, 87, 205)
HSL	hsl(265, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(265, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.7%, 57.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.57, 44.54, -54.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.57, 70.02, 309.50°)
OKLab	oklab(56.69% 0.0882 -0.153)
OKLCH	oklch(56.69% 0.177 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.5783, 16.4582, 59.6276)
Luminance	0.1646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8857CD #9CCD57

analogous

#5761CD #8857CD #C357CD

triadic

#8857CD #CD8857 #57CD88

tetradic

#8857CD #CD5761 #9CCD57 #57CDC3

square

#8857CD #CD5761 #9CCD57 #57CDC3

split-complementary

#8857CD #CDC357 #61CD57

monochromatic

#4D2783 #6935B2 #8857CD #A986DB #CBB5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#8857CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#8857CD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8857CD

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8857CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8857CD	1.00	4.89	4.29	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E71D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3370CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#796F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8857cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 87, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.177 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af88dd',
    500: '#8857cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8857cd;
$custom-light: #af88dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8857cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.915,
    "s": 54.128,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56687,
    "c": 0.17663,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8857CD

secondary

#C4D8A8

accent

#DD4AA0

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8857CD

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

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