#8857E8#8857E8

#8857E8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.209 H 294.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8857E8
RGB	rgb(136, 87, 232)
HSL	hsl(260, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(260, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 62.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.35, 51.52, -66.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.35, 84.13, 307.76°)
OKLab	oklab(58.55% 0.087 -0.1898)
OKLCH	oklch(58.55% 0.209 294.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.1231, 17.8761, 78.2970)
Luminance	0.1788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8857E8 #B7E857

analogous

#576EE8 #8857E8 #D157E8

triadic

#8857E8 #E88857 #57E888

tetradic

#8857E8 #E8576E #B7E857 #57E8D1

square

#8857E8 #E8576E #B7E857 #57E8D1

split-complementary

#8857E8 #E8D157 #6EE857

monochromatic

#4A18AD #6221E1 #8857E8 #AE8DEF #D4C3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#8857E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#8857E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8857E8

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8857E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8857E8	1.00	4.59	4.58	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0073E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F7898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8857e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 87, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.209 294.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b189f0',
    500: '#8857e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8857e8;
$custom-light: #b189f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8857e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.276,
    "s": 75.916,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58547,
    "c": 0.20878,
    "h": 294.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8857E8

secondary

#D6E8B3

accent

#D80D94

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C17

muted

#807D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8857E8

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

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