#8857EA#8857EA

#8857EA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.211 H 294.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8857EA
RGB	rgb(136, 87, 234)
HSL	hsl(260, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(260, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.9%, 62.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.48, 52.04, -67.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.48, 85.17, 307.67°)
OKLab	oklab(58.69% 0.0869 -0.1924)
OKLCH	oklch(58.69% 0.211 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.4088, 17.9904, 79.8017)
Luminance	0.1799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8857EA #B9EA57

analogous

#576FEA #8857EA #D157EA

triadic

#8857EA #EA8857 #57EA88

tetradic

#8857EA #EA576F #B9EA57 #57EAD1

square

#8857EA #EA576F #B9EA57 #57EAD1

split-complementary

#8857EA #EAD157 #6FEA57

monochromatic

#4A16B1 #6121E3 #8857EA #AF8DF1 #D5C4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#8857EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#8857EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8857EA

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8857EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8857EA	1.00	4.57	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0073E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6E7999

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8857ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 87, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.211 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b189f2',
    500: '#8857ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8857ea;
$custom-light: #b189f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8857ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58692,
    "c": 0.21112,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8857EA

secondary

#D7E9B4

accent

#DA0B95

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C17

muted

#807D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8857EA

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

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