#8950E1#8950E1

#8950E1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.210 H 297.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8950E1
RGB	rgb(137, 80, 225)
HSL	hsl(264, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(264, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 64.4%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.61, 53.56, -65.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.61, 84.51, 309.33°)
OKLab	oklab(57.16% 0.0965 -0.1863)
OKLCH	oklch(57.16% 0.21 297.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.7723, 16.4915, 72.9922)
Luminance	0.1649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8950E1 #A8E150

analogous

#5060E1 #8950E1 #D150E1

triadic

#8950E1 #E18950 #50E189

tetradic

#8950E1 #E15060 #A8E150 #50E1D1

square

#8950E1 #E15060 #A8E150 #50E1D1

split-complementary

#8950E1 #E1D150 #60E150

monochromatic

#4D1B9C #6724D0 #8950E1 #AC84EA #CFB8F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#8950E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#8950E1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8950E1

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8950E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8950E1	1.00	4.89	4.30	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006FDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#747192

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8950e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 80, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.210 297.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b184eb',
    500: '#8950e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8950e1;
$custom-light: #b184eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8950e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.586,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57164,
    "c": 0.20984,
    "h": 297.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8950E1

secondary

#CCE2AA

accent

#ED3AA7

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8950E1

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

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