#8859ED#8859ED

#8859ED is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.212 H 293.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8859ED
RGB	rgb(136, 89, 237)
HSL	hsl(259, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(259, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 62.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.09, 51.77, -68.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.09, 85.57, 307.23°)
OKLab	oklab(59.2% 0.0845 -0.1945)
OKLCH	oklch(59.2% 0.212 293.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.0076, 18.4926, 82.1454)
Luminance	0.1849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8859ED #BEED59

analogous

#5974ED #8859ED #D259ED

triadic

#8859ED #ED8859 #59ED88

tetradic

#8859ED #ED5974 #BEED59 #59EDD2

square

#8859ED #ED5974 #BEED59 #59EDD2

split-complementary

#8859ED #EDD259 #74ED59

monochromatic

#4814B8 #6022E7 #8859ED #B090F3 #D7C7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#8859ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#8859ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8859ED

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8859ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8859ED	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0075EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C7B9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8859ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 89, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.212 293.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18af4',
    500: '#8859ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8859ed;
$custom-light: #b18af4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8859ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.054,
    "s": 80.435,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59195,
    "c": 0.21207,
    "h": 293.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8859ED

secondary

#DAEBB7

accent

#DD0999

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#110C17

muted

#807D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8859ED

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

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