#8950E0#8950E0

#8950E0 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.209 H 297.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8950E0
RGB	rgb(137, 80, 224)
HSL	hsl(264, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(264, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 64.3%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.54, 53.31, -64.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.54, 83.99, 309.40°)
OKLab	oklab(57.09% 0.0966 -0.185)
OKLCH	oklch(57.09% 0.209 297.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.6363, 16.4371, 72.2759)
Luminance	0.1644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8950E0 #A7E050

analogous

#505FE0 #8950E0 #D150E0

triadic

#8950E0 #E08950 #50E089

tetradic

#8950E0 #E0505F #A7E050 #50E0D1

square

#8950E0 #E0505F #A7E050 #50E0D1

split-complementary

#8950E0 #E0D150 #5FE050

monochromatic

#4E1B9A #6825CE #8950E0 #AC84E9 #CFB8F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#8950E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#8950E0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8950E0

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8950E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8950E0	1.00	4.90	4.29	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006FDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#747191

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8950e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 80, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.209 297.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b184eb',
    500: '#8950e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8950e0;
$custom-light: #b184eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8950e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.75,
    "s": 69.903,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57091,
    "c": 0.2087,
    "h": 297.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8950E0

secondary

#CCE2AA

accent

#ED3BA6

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8950E0

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

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