#8857EC#8857EC

#8857EC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.213 H 294.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8857EC
RGB	rgb(136, 87, 236)
HSL	hsl(260, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(260, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 63.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.62, 52.57, -68.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.62, 86.20, 307.58°)
OKLab	oklab(58.84% 0.0867 -0.195)
OKLCH	oklch(58.84% 0.213 294)
XYZ	xyz(28.6978, 18.1060, 81.3234)
Luminance	0.1811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8857EC #BBEC57

analogous

#5770EC #8857EC #D357EC

triadic

#8857EC #EC8857 #57EC88

tetradic

#8857EC #EC5770 #BBEC57 #57ECD3

square

#8857EC #EC5770 #BBEC57 #57ECD3

split-complementary

#8857EC #ECD357 #70EC57

monochromatic

#4914B4 #6120E6 #8857EC #AF8EF2 #D6C5F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#8857EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#8857EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8857EC

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8857EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8857EC	1.00	4.54	4.62	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0073E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6D7A9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8857ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 87, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.213 294.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b189f3',
    500: '#8857ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8857ec;
$custom-light: #b189f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8857ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.732,
    "s": 79.679,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58837,
    "c": 0.21345,
    "h": 294
  },
  "luminance": 0.18107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8857EC

secondary

#D8EAB5

accent

#DC0A97

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#110C17

muted

#807D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8857EC

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

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