#8950D9#8950D9

#8950D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.201 H 299.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8950D9
RGB	rgb(137, 80, 217)
HSL	hsl(265, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(265, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.9%, 63.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.06, 51.54, -61.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.06, 80.40, 309.87°)
OKLab	oklab(56.59% 0.0972 -0.1756)
OKLCH	oklch(56.59% 0.201 299)
XYZ	xyz(25.7065, 16.0651, 67.3787)
Luminance	0.1606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8950D9 #A0D950

analogous

#505BD9 #8950D9 #CE50D9

triadic

#8950D9 #D98950 #50D989

tetradic

#8950D9 #D9505B #A0D950 #50D9CE

square

#8950D9 #D9505B #A0D950 #50D9CE

split-complementary

#8950D9 #D9CE50 #5BD950

monochromatic

#4E1F8F #692AC2 #8950D9 #AB82E4 #CDB5EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#8950D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#8950D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8950D9

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8950D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8950D9	1.00	4.98	4.21	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#096ED6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#776F8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8950d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 80, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.201 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b184e6',
    500: '#8950d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8950d9;
$custom-light: #b184e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8950d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.964,
    "s": 64.319,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5659,
    "c": 0.2007,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.16065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8950D9

secondary

#C7DEA7

accent

#E740A2

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8950D9

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

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