#885CB9#885CB9

#885CB9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.144 H 304.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#885CB9
RGB	rgb(136, 92, 185)
HSL	hsl(268, 40%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(268, 50%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.5%, 50.3%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.48, 36.74, -42.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.48, 56.26, 310.77°)
OKLab	oklab(56.25% 0.0806 -0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(56.25% 0.144 304)
XYZ	xyz(22.7355, 16.3914, 47.8556)
Luminance	0.1639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#885CB9 #8DB95C

analogous

#5C5FB9 #885CB9 #B75CB9

triadic

#885CB9 #B9885C #5CB988

tetradic

#885CB9 #B95C5F #8DB95C #5CB9B7

square

#885CB9 #B95C5F #8DB95C #5CB9B7

split-complementary

#885CB9 #B9B75C #5FB95C

monochromatic

#4C2E6C #6A4197 #885CB9 #A787CB #C7B2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#885CB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#885CB9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #885CB9

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##885CB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##885CB9	1.00	4.91	4.28	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#406FBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C71B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#806D82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #885cb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 92, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.144 304.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad8bce',
    500: '#885cb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #885cb9;
$custom-light: #ad8bce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#885cb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.387,
    "s": 39.914,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56247,
    "c": 0.14426,
    "h": 304
  },
  "luminance": 0.16391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#885CB9

secondary

#B9CCA5

accent

#D05897

background

#FAF8FC

surface

#F4F0F9

border

#CECBD2

text

#100C14

muted

#7F7D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #885CB9

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

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