#8859E8#8859E8

#8859E8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.206 H 294.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8859E8
RGB	rgb(136, 89, 232)
HSL	hsl(260, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(260, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 61.6%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.74, 50.45, -65.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.74, 82.97, 307.45°)
OKLab	oklab(58.84% 0.0849 -0.1879)
OKLCH	oklch(58.84% 0.206 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.2873, 18.2045, 78.3517)
Luminance	0.1820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8859E8 #B9E859

analogous

#5972E8 #8859E8 #CF59E8

triadic

#8859E8 #E88859 #59E888

tetradic

#8859E8 #E85972 #B9E859 #59E8CF

square

#8859E8 #E85972 #B9E859 #59E8CF

split-complementary

#8859E8 #E8CF59 #72E859

monochromatic

#4A18AE #6123E1 #8859E8 #AF8FEF #D5C5F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#8859E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.64

#8859E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8859E8

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8859E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8859E8	1.00	4.52	4.64	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0074E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6E7998

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8859e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 89, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.206 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18af0',
    500: '#8859e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8859e8;
$custom-light: #b18af0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8859e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.72,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58836,
    "c": 0.20615,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8859E8

secondary

#D7E8B5

accent

#D80E95

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C17

muted

#807D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8859E8

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

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