#885DB9#885DB9

#885DB9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.143 H 303.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#885DB9
RGB	rgb(136, 93, 185)
HSL	hsl(268, 40%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(268, 50%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.5%, 49.7%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.71, 36.17, -42.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.71, 55.62, 310.57°)
OKLab	oklab(56.41% 0.0793 -0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(56.41% 0.143 303.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.8227, 16.5658, 47.8847)
Luminance	0.1657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#885DB9 #8EB95D

analogous

#5D60B9 #885DB9 #B65DB9

triadic

#885DB9 #B9885D #5DB988

tetradic

#885DB9 #B95D60 #8EB95D #5DB9B6

square

#885DB9 #B95D60 #8EB95D #5DB9B6

split-complementary

#885DB9 #B9B65D #60B95D

monochromatic

#4C2F6D #6A4197 #885DB9 #A788CB #C7B2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#885DB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#885DB9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #885DB9

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##885DB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##885DB9	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4170BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D71B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F6D82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #885db9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 93, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.143 303.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad8cce',
    500: '#885db9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #885db9;
$custom-light: #ad8cce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#885db9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.043,
    "s": 39.655,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56414,
    "c": 0.14262,
    "h": 303.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#885DB9

secondary

#BACCA5

accent

#D05898

background

#FAF8FC

surface

#F4F0F9

border

#CECBD2

text

#100C14

muted

#7F7D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #885DB9

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

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