#8859EF#8859EF

#8859EF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.214 H 293.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8859EF
RGB	rgb(136, 89, 239)
HSL	hsl(259, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(259, 63%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 62.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.23, 52.30, -69.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.23, 86.60, 307.16°)
OKLab	oklab(59.34% 0.0843 -0.1971)
OKLCH	oklch(59.34% 0.214 293.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.3015, 18.6102, 83.6929)
Luminance	0.1861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8859EF #C0EF59

analogous

#5975EF #8859EF #D359EF

triadic

#8859EF #EF8859 #59EF88

tetradic

#8859EF #EF5975 #C0EF59 #59EFD3

square

#8859EF #EF5975 #C0EF59 #59EFD3

split-complementary

#8859EF #EFD359 #75EF59

monochromatic

#4712BC #6021EA #8859EF #B091F4 #D8C9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#8859EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#8859EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8859EF

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8859EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8859EF	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079F4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0075EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6B7C9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8859ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 89, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.214 293.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28af5',
    500: '#8859ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8859ef;
$custom-light: #b28af5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8859ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.8,
    "s": 82.418,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59341,
    "c": 0.21441,
    "h": 293.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8859EF

secondary

#DCECB8

accent

#DF079B

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FF

border

#D0CBD7

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8859EF

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

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