#880FCB

sRGB · 136 / 15 / 203

#880FCB belongs to the violet family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 136 red, 15 green and 203 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 278.6° lands in the violet region. Its 86.2% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 42.7% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, white has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (7.05:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 136, 15, 203
HSL: 278.62°, 86.24%, 42.75%
HSV / HSB: 278.62°, 92.61%, 79.61%
CMYK (approx.): 33.00%, 92.61%, 0.00%, 20.39%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 21.102, 9.888, 57.299
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 37.641, 71.552, -68.974
WCAG relative luminance: 0.09888
24-bit decimal: 8916939

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #880FCB in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text · 2.98:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

White text · 7.05:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio. WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#52CB0F sits half a turn (180°) from #880FCB on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#880FCB #52CB0F

Analogous

#2A0FCB and #CB0FB0 sit 30° to either side of #880FCB. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#2A0FCB #880FCB #CB0FB0

Triadic

#880FCB, #CB880F and #0FCB88 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#880FCB #CB880F #0FCB88

Split complementary

Start at #880FCB and look across the wheel. #B0CB0F and #0FCB2A sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#880FCB #B0CB0F #0FCB2A

Square

Starting with #880FCB, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #CB2A0F, #52CB0F, then #0FB0CB. Across the square, #880FCB pairs with #52CB0F, and #CB2A0F with #0FB0CB.

#880FCB #CB2A0F #52CB0F #0FB0CB

Tetradic

#880FCB and #52CB0F are opposites, as are #CB0F52 and #0FCB88. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#880FCB #CB0F52 #52CB0F #0FCB88

Tints

Mixing #880FCB with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A03FD5, keeps 80% of the original. By #E7CFF5, the mixture is 80% white.

#880FCB #A03FD5 #B86FE0 #CF9FEA #E7CFF5 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #880FCB with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #6D0CA2, keeps 80% of the original. By #1B0329, the mixture is 80% black.

#880FCB #6D0CA2 #52097A #360651 #1B0329 #000000

Tones

Mixing #880FCB with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #8626BC, keeps 80% of the original. By #82698F, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#880FCB #8626BC #853CAD #83539E #82698F #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#880FCB

RGB

rgb(136 15 203)

HSL

hsl(278.617 86.239% 42.745%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #880FCB;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#880FCB uses 136 red, 15 green and 203 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 53.3%

Green 5.9%

Blue 79.6%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #880FCB is 33.0% cyan, 92.6% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 20.4% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 33.0%

Magenta 92.6%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 20.4%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #8811CC. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #81C in CSS. For a modern design, keep #880FCB when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #9900CC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #8811CC Nearest web-safe · #9900CC

Gradient to complement

#880FCB #7F2EAC #764E8C #6D6D6D #648C4E #5BAC2E #52CB0F

Color vision previews

Compare how #880FCB appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#0055CF

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#0059C8

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#7C4D77

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#3447CD

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#3C4BC9

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#8232B2

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#595959

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#73409F

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.24620 G 0.00478 B 0.59720

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.48826 G 0.11658 B 0.76633

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.20334 G 0.01279 B 0.54832

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.239 y 0.112 Y 9.888

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 46.667 M % 94.118 Y % 20.392

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

10001000 00001111 11001011