#855AD8Violet

#855AD8 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.

#855AD8
CSS Namemediumslateblue (closest)

Tints and shades (50–950)

50#f6f4fe
100#ebe6fc
200#dcd2fd
300#c6b2ff
400#ac8afb
500#986bf2
600#8659db
700#7046bd
800#5e38a0
900#4f2f89
950#2f1a54

Accessibility

Contrast on white
4.72:1
Contrast on black
4.45:1
  • 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 0.014 295.8); /* #f6f4fe */
  --brand-100: oklch(0.936 0.029 295.8); /* #ebe6fc */
  --brand-200: oklch(0.885 0.06 295.8); /* #dcd2fd */
  --brand-300: oklch(0.808 0.109 295.8); /* #c6b2ff */
  --brand-400: oklch(0.712 0.161 295.8); /* #ac8afb */
  --brand-500: oklch(0.637 0.195 295.8); /* #986bf2 */
  --brand-600: oklch(0.577 0.191 295.8); /* #8659db */
  --brand-700: oklch(0.505 0.179 295.8); /* #7046bd */
  --brand-800: oklch(0.444 0.16 295.8); /* #5e38a0 */
  --brand-900: oklch(0.396 0.144 295.8); /* #4f2f89 */
  --brand-950: oklch(0.281 0.101 295.8); /* #2f1a54 */
}

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