#8950D6#8950D6

#8950D6 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.197 H 299.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8950D6
RGB	rgb(137, 80, 214)
HSL	hsl(266, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(266, 63%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 62.6%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.86, 50.78, -60.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.86, 78.85, 310.09°)
OKLab	oklab(56.38% 0.0975 -0.1715)
OKLCH	oklch(56.38% 0.197 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.3198, 15.9105, 65.3424)
Luminance	0.1591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8950D6 #9DD650

analogous

#505AD6 #8950D6 #CC50D6

triadic

#8950D6 #D68950 #50D689

tetradic

#8950D6 #D6505A #9DD650 #50D6CC

square

#8950D6 #D6505A #9DD650 #50D6CC

split-complementary

#8950D6 #D6CC50 #5AD650

monochromatic

#4E218B #6A2CBD #8950D6 #AA82E2 #CCB3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.02

#8950D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#8950D6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8950D6

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8950D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8950D6	1.00	5.02	4.18	5.02
#FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#156ED3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#786D8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8950d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 80, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.197 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b084e3',
    500: '#8950d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8950d6;
$custom-light: #b084e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8950d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.522,
    "s": 62.037,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56378,
    "c": 0.19726,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8950D6

secondary

#C5DCA6

accent

#E543A0

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8950D6

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

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