#8950E2#8950E2

#8950E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.211 H 297.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8950E2
RGB	rgb(137, 80, 226)
HSL	hsl(263, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(263, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 64.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.68, 53.82, -65.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.68, 85.02, 309.27°)
OKLab	oklab(57.24% 0.0964 -0.1877)
OKLCH	oklch(57.24% 0.211 297.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.9091, 16.5462, 73.7128)
Luminance	0.1655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8950E2 #A9E250

analogous

#5060E2 #8950E2 #D250E2

triadic

#8950E2 #E28950 #50E289

tetradic

#8950E2 #E25060 #A9E250 #50E2D2

square

#8950E2 #E25060 #A9E250 #50E2D2

split-complementary

#8950E2 #E2D250 #60E250

monochromatic

#4D1A9E #6723D2 #8950E2 #AC84EB #D0B9F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#8950E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#8950E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8950E2

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8950E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8950E2	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006FDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#737292

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8950e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 80, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.211 297.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b184ec',
    500: '#8950e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8950e2;
$custom-light: #b184ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8950e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.425,
    "s": 71.569,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57237,
    "c": 0.21097,
    "h": 297.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8950E2

secondary

#CDE3AB

accent

#EE39A8

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8950E2

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

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