#8950C5#8950C5

#8950C5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.178 H 303.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8950C5
RGB	rgb(137, 80, 197)
HSL	hsl(269, 50%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(269, 59%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 59.4%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.75, 46.58, -52.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.75, 70.05, 311.67°)
OKLab	oklab(55.22% 0.0982 -0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(55.22% 0.178 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.2610, 15.0869, 54.4991)
Luminance	0.1509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8950C5 #8CC550

analogous

#5052C5 #8950C5 #C450C5

triadic

#8950C5 #C58950 #50C589

tetradic

#8950C5 #C55052 #8CC550 #50C5C4

square

#8950C5 #C55052 #8CC550 #50C5C4

split-complementary

#8950C5 #C5C450 #52C550

monochromatic

#4C2674 #6B36A2 #8950C5 #A87ED4 #C7ACE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.23

#8950C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#8950C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8950C5

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8950C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8950C5	1.00	5.23	4.02	5.23
#FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#166BC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#336CC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E6883

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8950c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 80, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.178 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af84d7',
    500: '#8950c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8950c5;
$custom-light: #af84d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8950c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.231,
    "s": 50.215,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55224,
    "c": 0.17761,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8950C5

secondary

#B9D1A0

accent

#DA4E96

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFA

border

#D0CAD3

text

#110B14

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8950C5

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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