#8859BF#8859BF

#8859BF is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.157 H 303.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8859BF
RGB	rgb(136, 89, 191)
HSL	hsl(268, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(268, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.8%, 53.4%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.16, 39.92, -46.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.16, 61.37, 310.58°)
OKLab	oklab(56.12% 0.0852 -0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(56.12% 0.157 303)
XYZ	xyz(23.1276, 16.1406, 51.1771)
Luminance	0.1614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8859BF #90BF59

analogous

#595DBF #8859BF #BB59BF

triadic

#8859BF #BF8859 #59BF88

tetradic

#8859BF #BF595D #90BF59 #59BFBB

square

#8859BF #BF595D #90BF59 #59BFBB

split-complementary

#8859BF #BFBB59 #5DBF59

monochromatic

#4C2C72 #6A3D9E #8859BF #A885D0 #C7B1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#8859BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#8859BF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8859BF

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8859BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8859BF	1.00	4.97	4.23	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#356FC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4470BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E6C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8859bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 89, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.157 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae89d3',
    500: '#8859bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8859bf;
$custom-light: #ae89d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8859bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.647,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56115,
    "c": 0.15652,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.16141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8859BF

secondary

#BCCFA4

accent

#D45499

background

#FAF8FD

surface

#F5F0FA

border

#CFCBD3

text

#110C14

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8859BF

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

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