#8950E9#8950E9

#8950E9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.219 H 295.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8950E9
RGB	rgb(137, 80, 233)
HSL	hsl(262, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(262, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 65.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.18, 55.61, -68.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.18, 88.59, 308.88°)
OKLab	oklab(57.75% 0.0956 -0.1969)
OKLCH	oklch(57.75% 0.219 295.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.8893, 16.9383, 78.8750)
Luminance	0.1694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8950E9 #B0E950

analogous

#5064E9 #8950E9 #D650E9

triadic

#8950E9 #E98950 #50E989

tetradic

#8950E9 #E95064 #B0E950 #50E9D6

square

#8950E9 #E95064 #B0E950 #50E9D6

split-complementary

#8950E9 #E9D650 #64E950

monochromatic

#4C15A9 #651CE0 #8950E9 #AE86F0 #D2BDF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#8950E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#8950E9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8950E9

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8950E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8950E9	1.00	4.79	4.39	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0070E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#707496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8950e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 80, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.219 295.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b285f1',
    500: '#8950e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8950e9;
$custom-light: #b285f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8950e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.353,
    "s": 77.665,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57753,
    "c": 0.21889,
    "h": 295.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8950E9

secondary

#D2E7AE

accent

#DA0C8D

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B17

muted

#817C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8950E9

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

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