#8857E4#8857E4

#8857E4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.204 H 295.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8857E4
RGB	rgb(136, 87, 228)
HSL	hsl(261, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(261, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 61.8%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.07, 50.47, -64.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.07, 82.06, 307.95°)
OKLab	oklab(58.26% 0.0873 -0.1844)
OKLCH	oklch(58.26% 0.204 295.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.5614, 17.6515, 75.3387)
Luminance	0.1765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8857E4 #B3E457

analogous

#576DE4 #8857E4 #CF57E4

triadic

#8857E4 #E48857 #57E488

tetradic

#8857E4 #E4576D #B3E457 #57E4CF

square

#8857E4 #E4576D #B3E457 #57E4CF

split-complementary

#8857E4 #E4CF57 #6DE457

monochromatic

#4B1BA6 #6323DB #8857E4 #AD8CEC #D3C0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#8857E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#8857E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8857E4

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8857E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8857E4	1.00	4.64	4.53	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0076E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0072E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#707796

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8857e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 87, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.204 295.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b189ed',
    500: '#8857e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8857e4;
$custom-light: #b189ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8857e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.851,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5826,
    "c": 0.20407,
    "h": 295.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8857E4

secondary

#D3E6B1

accent

#D41191

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8857E4

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

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