#8950D5#8950D5

#8950D5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.196 H 299.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8950D5
RGB	rgb(137, 80, 213)
HSL	hsl(266, 61%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(266, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 62.4%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.79, 50.53, -59.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.79, 78.34, 310.17°)
OKLab	oklab(56.31% 0.0975 -0.1701)
OKLCH	oklch(56.31% 0.196 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.1925, 15.8596, 64.6718)
Luminance	0.1586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8950D5 #9CD550

analogous

#505AD5 #8950D5 #CB50D5

triadic

#8950D5 #D58950 #50D589

tetradic

#8950D5 #D5505A #9CD550 #50D5CB

square

#8950D5 #D5505A #9CD550 #50D5CB

split-complementary

#8950D5 #D5CB50 #5AD550

monochromatic

#4E218A #6A2DBB #8950D5 #AA81E1 #CCB3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#8950D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#8950D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8950D5

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8950D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8950D5	1.00	5.03	4.17	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#186ED2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#786D8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8950d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 80, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.196 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b084e3',
    500: '#8950d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8950d5;
$custom-light: #b084e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8950d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 61.29,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56308,
    "c": 0.19612,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8950D5

secondary

#C4DBA6

accent

#E4439F

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110B15

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8950D5

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

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