#8950C7#8950C7

#8950C7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.180 H 303.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8950C7
RGB	rgb(137, 80, 199)
HSL	hsl(269, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(269, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.2%, 59.8%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.88, 47.06, -53.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.88, 71.09, 311.45°)
OKLab	oklab(55.36% 0.0981 -0.1508)
OKLCH	oklch(55.36% 0.18 303.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.4916, 15.1792, 55.7140)
Luminance	0.1518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8950C7 #8EC750

analogous

#5053C7 #8950C7 #C450C7

triadic

#8950C7 #C78950 #50C789

tetradic

#8950C7 #C75053 #8EC750 #50C7C4

square

#8950C7 #C75053 #8EC750 #50C7C4

split-complementary

#8950C7 #C7C450 #53C750

monochromatic

#4D2677 #6B35A5 #8950C7 #A87ED6 #C8ADE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.20

#8950C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04

#8950C7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8950C7

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8950C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8950C7	1.00	5.20	4.04	5.20
#FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#116BCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#316CC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D6884

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8950c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 80, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.180 303.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af84d9',
    500: '#8950c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8950c7;
$custom-light: #af84d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8950c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.739,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55355,
    "c": 0.17994,
    "h": 303.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8950C7

secondary

#BAD2A0

accent

#DB4D97

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFA

border

#D0CAD3

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8950C7

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

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