#857CD9Violet

#857CD9 is a violet in the Violet family. In practice it looks like a balanced 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.

#857CD9
CSS Namemediumpurple (closest)

Tints and shades (50–950)

50#f5f5fc
100#e8e8f8
200#d6d5f6
300#bbb9f3
400#9c96e9
500#857bdd
600#746ac8
700#6056ac
800#504791
900#433b7c
950#27224c

Accessibility

Contrast on white
3.57:1
Contrast on black
5.88:1
  • AA (4.5:1) on whiteFail
  • AA Large (3:1) on whitePass
  • AAA (7:1) on whiteFail
  • AAA Large (4.5:1) on whiteFail
  • 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 0.01 286.2); /* #f5f5fc */
  --brand-100: oklch(0.936 0.022 286.2); /* #e8e8f8 */
  --brand-200: oklch(0.885 0.045 286.2); /* #d6d5f6 */
  --brand-300: oklch(0.808 0.08 286.2); /* #bbb9f3 */
  --brand-400: oklch(0.712 0.119 286.2); /* #9c96e9 */
  --brand-500: oklch(0.637 0.144 286.2); /* #857bdd */
  --brand-600: oklch(0.577 0.141 286.2); /* #746ac8 */
  --brand-700: oklch(0.505 0.132 286.2); /* #6056ac */
  --brand-800: oklch(0.444 0.118 286.2); /* #504791 */
  --brand-900: oklch(0.396 0.106 286.2); /* #433b7c */
  --brand-950: oklch(0.281 0.075 286.2); /* #27224c */
}

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