#8857CF#8857CF

#8857CF is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.179 H 299.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8857CF
RGB	rgb(136, 87, 207)
HSL	hsl(265, 56%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(265, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 58%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.69, 45.05, -54.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.69, 71.07, 309.33°)
OKLab	oklab(56.82% 0.0882 -0.1558)
OKLCH	oklch(56.82% 0.179 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.8213, 16.5554, 60.9072)
Luminance	0.1656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8857CF #9ECF57

analogous

#5762CF #8857CF #C457CF

triadic

#8857CF #CF8857 #57CF88

tetradic

#8857CF #CF5762 #9ECF57 #57CFC4

square

#8857CF #CF5762 #9ECF57 #57CFC4

split-complementary

#8857CF #CFC457 #62CF57

monochromatic

#4D2685 #6934B5 #8857CF #AA87DD #CBB6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#8857CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#8857CF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8857CF

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8857CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8857CF	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1971D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3170CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79708B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8857cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 87, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.179 299.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8857cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.5,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56819,
    "c": 0.17904,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8857CF

secondary

#C5D9A9

accent

#DF49A2

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8857CF

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

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