#8872EE#8872EE

#8872EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.179 H 288.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8872EE
RGB	rgb(136, 114, 238)
HSL	hsl(251, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(251, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 52.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.52, 38.09, -59.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.52, 71.00, 302.44°)
OKLab	oklab(63.21% 0.0564 -0.1703)
OKLCH	oklch(63.21% 0.179 288.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.5989, 23.4408, 83.7319)
Luminance	0.2344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8872EE #D8EE72

analogous

#729AEE #8872EE #C672EE

triadic

#8872EE #EE8872 #72EE88

tetradic

#8872EE #EE729A #D8EE72 #72EEC6

square

#8872EE #EE729A #D8EE72 #72EEC6

split-complementary

#8872EE #EEC672 #9AEE72

monochromatic

#3919CD #5A3BE7 #8872EE #B6A9F5 #E4DFFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#8872EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#8872EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8872EE

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8872EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8872EE	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3888F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3982EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6A8CA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8872ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 114, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.179 288.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09bf4',
    500: '#8872ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8872ee;
$custom-light: #b09bf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8872ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.645,
    "s": 78.481,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63213,
    "c": 0.17943,
    "h": 288.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8872EE

secondary

#EAF0CC

accent

#DB0BB6

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F6F2FE

border

#D0CCD6

text

#110E17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8872EE

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

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