#8557DDVivid Violet

#8557DD is a vivid violet in the Violet family. In practice it looks like a bold, saturated medium violet, and it is also commonly known as Violet, Amethyst. Below are all of its color space values, an 11-step scale, harmony palettes and accessibility data.

#8557DD
CSS Name (closest)

Tints and shades (50–950)

50#f6f4fe
100#ebe6fd
200#dcd2ff
300#c5b2ff
400#ac89ff
500#9868f7
600#8656e1
700#7143c2
800#5e36a4
900#502c8d
950#2f1857

Accessibility

Contrast on white
4.77:1
Contrast on black
4.40:1
  • AA (4.5:1) on whitePass
  • AA Large (3:1) on whitePass
  • AAA (7:1) on whiteFail
  • AAA Large (4.5:1) on whitePass
  • UI components (3:1) on whitePass

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Complementary palette

Analogous palette

Triadic palette

Copy-ready CSS

brand-scale.css
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.971 0.014 295.4); /* #f6f4fe */
  --brand-100: oklch(0.936 0.031 295.4); /* #ebe6fd */
  --brand-200: oklch(0.885 0.063 295.4); /* #dcd2ff */
  --brand-300: oklch(0.808 0.108 295.4); /* #c5b2ff */
  --brand-400: oklch(0.712 0.169 295.4); /* #ac89ff */
  --brand-500: oklch(0.637 0.205 295.4); /* #9868f7 */
  --brand-600: oklch(0.577 0.201 295.4); /* #8656e1 */
  --brand-700: oklch(0.505 0.189 295.4); /* #7143c2 */
  --brand-800: oklch(0.444 0.168 295.4); /* #5e36a4 */
  --brand-900: oklch(0.396 0.152 295.4); /* #502c8d */
  --brand-950: oklch(0.281 0.107 295.4); /* #2f1857 */
}

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