#8857E7#8857E7

#8857E7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.208 H 294.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8857E7
RGB	rgb(136, 87, 231)
HSL	hsl(260, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(260, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 62.3%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.28, 51.26, -66.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.28, 83.62, 307.81°)
OKLab	oklab(58.48% 0.0871 -0.1884)
OKLCH	oklch(58.48% 0.208 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.9815, 17.8195, 77.5511)
Luminance	0.1782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8857E7 #B6E757

analogous

#576EE7 #8857E7 #D057E7

triadic

#8857E7 #E78857 #57E788

tetradic

#8857E7 #E7576E #B6E757 #57E7D0

square

#8857E7 #E7576E #B6E757 #57E7D0

split-complementary

#8857E7 #E7D057 #6EE757

monochromatic

#4A18AB #6221DF #8857E7 #AE8DEF #D4C2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#8857E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#8857E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8857E7

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8857E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8857E7	1.00	4.60	4.56	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0076EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0073E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F7897

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8857e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 87, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.208 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b189ef',
    500: '#8857e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8857e7;
$custom-light: #b189ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8857e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.417,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58475,
    "c": 0.2076,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8857E7

secondary

#D5E7B3

accent

#D70E93

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C17

muted

#807D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8857E7

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

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