#8950DD#8950DD

#8950DD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.205 H 298.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8950DD
RGB	rgb(137, 80, 221)
HSL	hsl(264, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(264, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 63.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.33, 52.55, -63.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.33, 82.46, 309.59°)
OKLab	oklab(56.88% 0.0969 -0.181)
OKLCH	oklch(56.88% 0.205 298.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.2330, 16.2758, 70.1520)
Luminance	0.1628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8950DD #A4DD50

analogous

#505EDD #8950DD #CF50DD

triadic

#8950DD #DD8950 #50DD89

tetradic

#8950DD #DD505E #A4DD50 #50DDCF

square

#8950DD #DD505E #A4DD50 #50DDCF

split-complementary

#8950DD #DDCF50 #5EDD50

monochromatic

#4E1D96 #6827C9 #8950DD #AC83E7 #CEB6F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#8950DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#8950DD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8950DD

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8950DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8950DD	1.00	4.94	4.26	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006FDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#75708F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8950dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 80, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.205 298.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b184e8',
    500: '#8950dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8950dd;
$custom-light: #b184e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8950dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.255,
    "s": 67.464,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56875,
    "c": 0.20527,
    "h": 298.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8950DD

secondary

#CAE0A9

accent

#EA3DA4

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8950DD

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

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