#8859CD#8859CD

#8859CD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.174 H 299.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8859CD
RGB	rgb(136, 89, 205)
HSL	hsl(264, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(264, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.7%, 56.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.99, 43.44, -53.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.99, 68.80, 309.15°)
OKLab	oklab(57% 0.0857 -0.1511)
OKLCH	oklch(57% 0.174 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.7425, 16.7866, 59.6824)
Luminance	0.1679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8859CD #9ECD59

analogous

#5964CD #8859CD #C259CD

triadic

#8859CD #CD8859 #59CD88

tetradic

#8859CD #CD5964 #9ECD59 #59CDC2

square

#8859CD #CD5964 #9ECD59 #59CDC2

split-complementary

#8859CD #CDC259 #64CD59

monochromatic

#4D2884 #6936B3 #8859CD #AA88DB #CBB7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#8859CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#8859CD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8859CD

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8859CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8859CD	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2472D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3671CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79718A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8859cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 89, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.174 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8add',
    500: '#8859cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8859cd;
$custom-light: #af8add;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8859cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.31,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56996,
    "c": 0.17368,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8859CD

secondary

#C5D8AA

accent

#DD4BA2

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8859CD

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

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