#8857CE#8857CE

#8857CE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.178 H 299.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8857CE
RGB	rgb(136, 87, 206)
HSL	hsl(265, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(265, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(34%, 57.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.63, 44.79, -54.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.63, 70.54, 309.42°)
OKLab	oklab(56.75% 0.0882 -0.1544)
OKLCH	oklch(56.75% 0.178 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.6994, 16.5067, 60.2654)
Luminance	0.1651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8857CE #9DCE57

analogous

#5761CE #8857CE #C457CE

triadic

#8857CE #CE8857 #57CE88

tetradic

#8857CE #CE5761 #9DCE57 #57CEC4

square

#8857CE #CE5761 #9DCE57 #57CEC4

split-complementary

#8857CE #CEC457 #61CE57

monochromatic

#4D2784 #6934B3 #8857CE #AA86DC #CBB6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#8857CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#8857CE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8857CE

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8857CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8857CE	1.00	4.88	4.30	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C71D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3270CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79708A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8857ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 87, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.178 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af88de',
    500: '#8857ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8857ce;
$custom-light: #af88de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8857ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.706,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56753,
    "c": 0.17783,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8857CE

secondary

#C5D8A8

accent

#DE4AA1

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8857CE

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

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