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violet · cool

#863af5

a balanced, electric violet · cool · closest name: Blue Violet

Token name suggestion: Studio Thistle

RGB
134, 58, 245
HSL
264°, 90%, 59%
CMYK
45, 76, 0, 4
Luminance
0.1469

#863af5 is a balanced electric violet, 264° on the wheel and 70/100 on the cool side. Put white text on it (5.33:1). As text it scores 5.33:1 on white — safe at any size. Nearest name is Blue Violet, nearest Tailwind family is violet.

hsl(264 90% 59%)rgb(134 58 245)Base step 500AA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #863af5 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#863af5
Hue
264°
violet
Saturation
90%
electric
Lightness
59%
balanced
Brightness
96%
HSV value
Perceived
47%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.1469
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
70/100 cool
Color family
Violet
Tone
Electric
Best ink
White
5.33:1
Closest name
Blue Violet
ΔE2000 3.8
Chroma
105.6
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.559
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
violet
500 · ΔE 7.5
Web-safe
#9933FF
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue264° of 360°
Saturation90%
Lightness59%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #863af5.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool70% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red35%
Green21%
Blue45%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#863af5
HEX (8-digit)#863af5ff
RGBrgb(134, 58, 245)
RGBArgba(134, 58, 245, 1)
HSLhsl(264, 90%, 59%)
HSV / HSBhsv(264, 76%, 96%)
HWBhwb(264 23% 4%)
CMYKcmyk(45%, 76%, 0%, 4%)
LABlab(45.2 68.2 -80.6)
LCHlch(45.2 105.6 310.2)
OKLCHoklch(0.559 0.255 295.2)
XYZ (D65)xyz(27.82, 14.69, 87.74)
Decimal8796917
Display P3color(display-p3 0.525 0.227 0.961)
Web-safe#9933FF

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #863af5;
background-color: #863af5;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #863af5;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#863af5] bg-[#863af5]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #863af5;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.525, green: 0.227, blue: 0.961)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.525, green: 0.227, blue: 0.961, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#863AF5</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF863AF5)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF863AF5)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(245, 58, 134)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(134, 58, 245)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(134, 58, 245)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 134, 58, 245)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.5255f, 0.2275f, 0.9608f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{134,58,245}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #863af5 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #863af5 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#350679, #DED3EE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #863af5 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F6F2FD;
  --brand-100: #EEE5FB;
  --brand-200: #D9C3F8;
  --brand-300: #BD94FA;
  --brand-400: #9D5FF7;
  --brand-500: #863af5;
  --brand-600: #660CE9;
  --brand-700: #550AC2;
  --brand-800: #44089B;
  --brand-900: #340A70;
  --brand-950: #200646;
  --brand: #863af5;
  --brand-ink: #ffffff;
  --brand-surface: #F7F4FA;
  --brand-border: #D2C0ED;
  --brand-hover: #7118F3;
  --brand-pressed: #600BDC;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #1A1424;
    --brand-ink: #DED3EE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F6F2FD',
        100: '#EEE5FB',
        200: '#D9C3F8',
        300: '#BD94FA',
        400: '#9D5FF7',
        500: '#863af5',
        600: '#660CE9',
        700: '#550AC2',
        800: '#44089B',
        900: '#340A70',
        950: '#200646',
        DEFAULT: '#863af5',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F6F2FD,
  '100': #EEE5FB,
  '200': #D9C3F8,
  '300': #BD94FA,
  '400': #9D5FF7,
  '500': #863af5,
  '600': #660CE9,
  '700': #550AC2,
  '800': #44089B,
  '900': #340A70,
  '950': #200646,
);
$brand-base: #863af5;
$brand-ink: #ffffff;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F6F2FD", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#EEE5FB", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#D9C3F8", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#BD94FA", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#9D5FF7", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#863af5", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#660CE9", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#550AC2", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#44089B", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#340A70", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#200646", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#ffffff", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#ffffff on #863af5 · 5.33:1
Use #ffffffAA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 5.33:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 3.94:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #863af5 as text scores 5.33:1 on white and 3.94:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #F0E7FE at 4.46:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#863af5 · 5.33:1
AA on whitealready passes
#863af5
The quick fox
#6B0EF3 · 7.04:1
AAA on white−9% L
#6B0EF3
The quick fox
#924DF6 · 4.61:1
AA on black+4% L
#924DF6
The quick fox
#B07EF8 · 7.19:1
AAA on black+14% L
#B07EF8

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #863AF5 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#863af5 on white: 5.33:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#863af5 on black: 3.94:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #863af5 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #863af5.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White5.33:1AaAa
Slate 505.10:1AaAa
Slate 1004.87:1AaAa
Slate 2004.33:1AaAa
Slate 3003.59:1AaAa
Slate 4002.08:1AaAa
Slate 5001.12:1AaAa
Slate 6001.42:1AaAa
Slate 7001.94:1AaAa
Slate 8002.74:1AaAa
Slate 9003.35:1AaAa
Black3.94:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #006CFA
deuteranopia · #0068F1
tritanopia · #666E97

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #863af5 is pinned to step 500; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F6F2FD
#EEE5FB
#D9C3F8
#BD94FA
#9D5FF7
#863af5
#660CE9
#550AC2
#44089B
#340A70
#200646
Base = 500Lightest = 50 · #F6F2FDDarkest = 950 · #200646Text step on white = 500
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.064 295.2);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.102 295.2);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.153 295.2);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.199 295.2);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.235 295.2);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.255 295.2);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.255 295.2);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.240 295.2);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.214 295.2);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.179 295.2);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.140 295.2);
}

Colors that work with #863af5

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#ffffff
White wins here
Surface#F7F4FA
Tinted page background
Border#D2C0ED
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#6B4B9B
Captions on the surface
Accent#A9C606
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#350679
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F0E7FE
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#1A1424
Dark-mode background
Hover#7118F3
One step down in lightness
Pressed#600BDC
Two steps down
Disabled#CEC5DA
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#9044FF
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

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How to use #863af5

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Body text and links on white
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
  • Chart series and data categories
Use with care
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Any size
Safe as a fill behind white type
Yes
Safe as a 1px border on white
Yes

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

creativepremiummodernimaginative

Violet sits between the warmth of red and the calm of blue, so it reads as inventive without reading as risky. Current shorthand for software craft.

At this chroma the association is amplified — it will dominate anything placed beside it, so give it space and use it sparingly. The mid lightness keeps it versatile in both themes.

Worth knowing

Deep violets swallow detail on screens with poor gamma; check it on a cheap laptop panel.

Reads as
  • FormalityLow
  • EnergyHigh
  • Weight41/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityReserved

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#A9F53A
Analogous left#3A4BF5
Analogous right#E43AF5
Split-complement 1#F5E43A
Split-complement 2#4BF53A
Triadic 1#F5863A
Triadic 2#3AF586
Tetradic#F53A4B
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°264°

#863af5 sits at 264°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red52.5%
Green22.7%
Blue96.1%
R · 0–255
134
0x86
G · 0–255
58
0x3a
B · 0–255
245
0xf5

CMYK percentages

Cyan45.3%
Magenta76.3%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)3.9%

Total ink coverage is 126%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#863af5 text on a black background

contrast 3.94:1

Card sample

#863af5 text on a white background

contrast 5.33:1

Card sample

#863af5 on grey

4.87:1

#863af5 on its own surface

4.90:1

#863af5 on its dark surface

3.37:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #863af5;
Background color
Panel with #863af5 background
background-color: #863af5;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #863af5;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(134, 58, 245, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(134, 58, 245, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #863af5;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #863af5, #F53AE7);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #863af5, #F53AB9);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #863af5;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #863af5;
caret-color: #863af5;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #863af5;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F0E7FE;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #863af5;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#863af5 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #863af5 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(134, 58, 245, 0.5)
rgb(134 58 245 / 50%)
#863af580
hsl(264 90% 59% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #863af5 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#863af51a#F3EBFE
20%#863af533#E7D8FD
40%#863af566#CFB0FB
60%#863af599#B689F9
80%#863af5cc#9E61F7

Gradients from #863af5

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #AA74F8, #863af5 45%, #350679);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #863af5, #F31DD2);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #863af5, #A9F53A);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #BC91F9 0%, #863af5 45%, #350679 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F7F4FA, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #6B83F7 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #F557F6 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #350679 0%, transparent 65%), #863af5;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #863af5

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#863af5 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
Creative toolsFintechBeautyLuxury
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Sits outside most CMYK gamuts — expect a duller press result, or specify a spot ink.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Too dim on dark surfaces at 3.94:1 — lift it to #924DF6 for body text, or reserve it for fills.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#863af5, answered

What color is #863af5?

#863af5 is a balanced electric violet, closest to Blue Violet (ΔE2000 3.8). It sits at 264° on the hue wheel with 90% saturation and 59% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #863af5?

rgb(134, 58, 245) — 134 red, 58 green and 245 blue out of 255, or 52.5% / 22.7% / 96.1% by channel.

What is #863af5 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(264, 90%, 59%) and hsv(264, 76%, 96%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #863af5 a light or a dark color?

It is a dark color. Relative luminance is 0.1469 and perceived brightness is 47%, so white text on it reaches 5.33:1.

Should I use black or white text on #863af5?

White. It scores 5.33:1 against #863af5, versus 3.94:1 for black — AA at any size.

Is #863af5 accessible on a white background?

#863af5 on white scores 5.33:1, which clears AA at every size but not AAA.

What is the complementary color of #863af5?

#A9F53A sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #F5E43A and #4BF53A, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #863af5?

For interface work: #F7F4FA as the surface, #D2C0ED for borders, #6B4B9B for secondary text, #A9C606 as an accent and #350679 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #3A4BF5 and #E43AF5 stays calm, while #A9F53A is the loudest partner.

What is #863af5 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(45%, 76%, 0%, 4%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — a color this saturated sits outside most CMYK gamuts and will print duller than it looks here.

Is #863af5 warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 70 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #CB3AF5; nudged cooler, #4038F7.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #863af5?

The violet family — its 500 step is #8b5cf6, ΔE2000 7.5 away. That is a visible difference, so define #863af5 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #863af5 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#863af5] or text-[#863af5], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #863af5 with 50% opacity?

rgba(134, 58, 245, 0.5), or #863af580 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #C39DFA; over black, #431D7B.

Is #863af5 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #9933FF, ΔE2000 3.1 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #863af5 mean?

As a violet, it reads creative, premium, modern. Violet sits between the warmth of red and the calm of blue, so it reads as inventive without reading as risky. Current shorthand for software craft. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #863af5?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #AA74F8, #863af5 45%, #350679). For more colour, a short hue run to #F31DD2 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #863af5 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #863af5 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.