#8950DB#8950DB

#8950DB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.203 H 298.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8950DB
RGB	rgb(137, 80, 219)
HSL	hsl(265, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(265, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.4%, 63.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.20, 52.04, -62.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.20, 81.43, 309.73°)
OKLab	oklab(56.73% 0.0971 -0.1783)
OKLCH	oklch(56.73% 0.203 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.9682, 16.1698, 68.7571)
Luminance	0.1617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8950DB #A2DB50

analogous

#505CDB #8950DB #CE50DB

triadic

#8950DB #DB8950 #50DB89

tetradic

#8950DB #DB505C #A2DB50 #50DBCE

square

#8950DB #DB505C #A2DB50 #50DBCE

split-complementary

#8950DB #DBCE50 #5CDB50

monochromatic

#4E1E92 #6929C5 #8950DB #AB83E5 #CDB6F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#8950DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#8950DB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8950DB

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8950DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8950DB	1.00	4.96	4.23	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006FD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#766F8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8950db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 80, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.203 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b184e7',
    500: '#8950db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8950db;
$custom-light: #b184e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8950db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.604,
    "s": 65.877,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56732,
    "c": 0.20299,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8950DB

secondary

#C8DFA8

accent

#E93FA3

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8950DB

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

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