#8859CB#8859CB

#8859CB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.171 H 300.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8859CB
RGB	rgb(136, 89, 203)
HSL	hsl(265, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(265, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 56.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.87, 42.93, -52.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.87, 67.74, 309.33°)
OKLab	oklab(56.87% 0.0857 -0.1483)
OKLCH	oklch(56.87% 0.171 300)
XYZ	xyz(24.5026, 16.6906, 58.4190)
Luminance	0.1669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8859CB #9CCB59

analogous

#5963CB #8859CB #C159CB

triadic

#8859CB #CB8859 #59CB88

tetradic

#8859CB #CB5963 #9CCB59 #59CBC1

square

#8859CB #CB5963 #9CCB59 #59CBC1

split-complementary

#8859CB #CBC159 #63CB59

monochromatic

#4D2881 #6937B0 #8859CB #A988DA #CBB6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#8859CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#8859CB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8859CB

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8859CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8859CB	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2771CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3971C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A7089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8859cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 89, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.171 300.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae89db',
    500: '#8859cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8859cb;
$custom-light: #ae89db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8859cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.737,
    "s": 52.294,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56867,
    "c": 0.17124,
    "h": 300
  },
  "luminance": 0.16691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8859CB

secondary

#C4D7A9

accent

#DC4CA1

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8859CB

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

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