#8859EE#8859EE

#8859EE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.213 H 293.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8859EE
RGB	rgb(136, 89, 238)
HSL	hsl(259, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(259, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 62.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.16, 52.04, -68.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.16, 86.08, 307.19°)
OKLab	oklab(59.27% 0.0844 -0.1958)
OKLCH	oklch(59.27% 0.213 293.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.1541, 18.5512, 82.9170)
Luminance	0.1855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8859EE #BFEE59

analogous

#5975EE #8859EE #D359EE

triadic

#8859EE #EE8859 #59EE88

tetradic

#8859EE #EE5975 #BFEE59 #59EED3

square

#8859EE #EE5975 #BFEE59 #59EED3

split-complementary

#8859EE #EED359 #75EE59

monochromatic

#4813BA #6021E8 #8859EE #B091F4 #D8C8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#8859EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#8859EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8859EE

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8859EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8859EE	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0075EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C7C9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8859ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 89, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.213 293.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8859ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.926,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59268,
    "c": 0.21323,
    "h": 293.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8859EE

secondary

#DBEBB7

accent

#DE089A

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#110C17

muted

#807D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8859EE

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

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