#8B56CEPurple

#8B56CE is a purple in the Purple family. In practice it looks like a balanced medium purple, and it is also commonly known as Purple, Orchid. Below are all of its color space values, an 11-step scale, harmony palettes and accessibility data.

#8B56CE
CSS Nameslateblue (closest)

Tints and shades (50–950)

50#f7f4fd
100#ede6fa
200#dfd1fa
300#ccb0fa
400#b488f3
500#a169e9
600#8e57d3
700#7744b6
800#64379a
900#552d84
950#321951

Accessibility

Contrast on white
4.86:1
Contrast on black
4.32:1
  • 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 0.013 301.3); /* #f7f4fd */
  --brand-100: oklch(0.936 0.028 301.3); /* #ede6fa */
  --brand-200: oklch(0.885 0.059 301.3); /* #dfd1fa */
  --brand-300: oklch(0.808 0.106 301.3); /* #ccb0fa */
  --brand-400: oklch(0.712 0.157 301.3); /* #b488f3 */
  --brand-500: oklch(0.637 0.189 301.3); /* #a169e9 */
  --brand-600: oklch(0.577 0.185 301.3); /* #8e57d3 */
  --brand-700: oklch(0.505 0.174 301.3); /* #7744b6 */
  --brand-800: oklch(0.444 0.155 301.3); /* #64379a */
  --brand-900: oklch(0.396 0.14 301.3); /* #552d84 */
  --brand-950: oklch(0.281 0.098 301.3); /* #321951 */
}

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