#8857ED#8857ED

#8857ED is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.215 H 293.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8857ED
RGB	rgb(136, 87, 237)
HSL	hsl(260, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(260, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 63.3%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.69, 52.83, -68.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.69, 86.72, 307.54°)
OKLab	oklab(58.91% 0.0866 -0.1964)
OKLCH	oklch(58.91% 0.215 293.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.8435, 18.1643, 82.0907)
Luminance	0.1817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8857ED #BCED57

analogous

#5771ED #8857ED #D357ED

triadic

#8857ED #ED8857 #57ED88

tetradic

#8857ED #ED5771 #BCED57 #57EDD3

square

#8857ED #ED5771 #BCED57 #57EDD3

split-complementary

#8857ED #EDD357 #71ED57

monochromatic

#4914B6 #6120E7 #8857ED #AF8EF3 #D6C6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53

#8857ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#8857ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8857ED

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8857ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8857ED	1.00	4.53	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0074EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C7A9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8857ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 87, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.215 293.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b189f4',
    500: '#8857ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8857ed;
$custom-light: #b189f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8857ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.6,
    "s": 80.645,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5891,
    "c": 0.21462,
    "h": 293.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8857ED

secondary

#D9EAB5

accent

#DD0998

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8857ED

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

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