#8950E3#8950E3

#8950E3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.212 H 297.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8950E3
RGB	rgb(137, 80, 227)
HSL	hsl(263, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(263, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.6%, 64.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.75, 54.07, -66.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.75, 85.53, 309.21°)
OKLab	oklab(57.31% 0.0963 -0.189)
OKLCH	oklch(57.31% 0.212 297)
XYZ	xyz(27.0467, 16.6013, 74.4375)
Luminance	0.1660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8950E3 #AAE350

analogous

#5061E3 #8950E3 #D250E3

triadic

#8950E3 #E38950 #50E389

tetradic

#8950E3 #E35061 #AAE350 #50E3D2

square

#8950E3 #E35061 #AAE350 #50E3D2

split-complementary

#8950E3 #E3D250 #61E350

monochromatic

#4D199F #6722D4 #8950E3 #AD85EB #D0BAF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#8950E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#8950E3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8950E3

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8950E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8950E3	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006FE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#737293

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8950e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 80, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.212 297.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b284ed',
    500: '#8950e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8950e3;
$custom-light: #b284ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8950e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.265,
    "s": 72.414,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5731,
    "c": 0.21211,
    "h": 297
  },
  "luminance": 0.16602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8950E3

secondary

#CEE4AB

accent

#D41189

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8950E3

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

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