#8856DBVivid Violet

#8856DB 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.

#8856DB
CSS Namemediumslateblue (closest)

Tints and shades (50–950)

50#f6f4fe
100#ece6fc
200#ddd1ff
300#c8b1ff
400#af88fe
500#9b67f5
600#8955de
700#7342c0
800#6035a3
900#522c8c
950#301856

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 0.014 297.2); /* #f6f4fe */
  --brand-100: oklch(0.936 0.031 297.2); /* #ece6fc */
  --brand-200: oklch(0.885 0.063 297.2); /* #ddd1ff */
  --brand-300: oklch(0.808 0.11 297.2); /* #c8b1ff */
  --brand-400: oklch(0.712 0.17 297.2); /* #af88fe */
  --brand-500: oklch(0.637 0.205 297.2); /* #9b67f5 */
  --brand-600: oklch(0.577 0.2 297.2); /* #8955de */
  --brand-700: oklch(0.505 0.188 297.2); /* #7342c0 */
  --brand-800: oklch(0.444 0.168 297.2); /* #6035a3 */
  --brand-900: oklch(0.396 0.151 297.2); /* #522c8c */
  --brand-950: oklch(0.281 0.106 297.2); /* #301856 */
}

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