#8858EE#8858EE

#8858EE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.215 H 293.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8858EE
RGB	rgb(136, 88, 238)
HSL	hsl(259, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(259, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 63%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.96, 52.57, -68.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.96, 86.66, 307.35°)
OKLab	oklab(59.13% 0.0855 -0.1967)
OKLCH	oklch(59.13% 0.215 293.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.0715, 18.3859, 82.8895)
Luminance	0.1839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8858EE #BEEE58

analogous

#5873EE #8858EE #D358EE

triadic

#8858EE #EE8858 #58EE88

tetradic

#8858EE #EE5873 #BEEE58 #58EED3

square

#8858EE #EE5873 #BEEE58 #58EED3

split-complementary

#8858EE #EED358 #73EE58

monochromatic

#4813B9 #6020E8 #8858EE #B090F4 #D7C7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#8858EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#8858EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8858EE

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8858EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8858EE	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0074EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C7B9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8858ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 88, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.215 293.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28af4',
    500: '#8858ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8858ee;
$custom-light: #b28af4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8858ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.2,
    "s": 81.522,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59125,
    "c": 0.21451,
    "h": 293.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8858EE

secondary

#DAEBB7

accent

#DE0899

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8858EE

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

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