#8951CE#8951CE

#8951CE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.187 H 301.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8951CE
RGB	rgb(137, 81, 206)
HSL	hsl(267, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(267, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 60.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.52, 48.26, -56.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.52, 74.14, 310.62°)
OKLab	oklab(55.97% 0.0967 -0.1596)
OKLCH	oklch(55.97% 0.187 301.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.3969, 15.6593, 60.1178)
Luminance	0.1566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8951CE #96CE51

analogous

#5158CE #8951CE #C851CE

triadic

#8951CE #CE8951 #51CE89

tetradic

#8951CE #CE5158 #96CE51 #51CEC8

square

#8951CE #CE5158 #96CE51 #51CEC8

split-complementary

#8951CE #CEC851 #58CE51

monochromatic

#4E2480 #6A32B0 #8951CE #A981DB #CAB1E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#8951CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#8951CE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8951CE

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8951CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8951CE	1.00	5.08	4.13	5.08
#FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ED2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#296ECB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B6B88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8951ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 81, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.187 301.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b084de',
    500: '#8951ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8951ce;
$custom-light: #b084de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8951ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.88,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55969,
    "c": 0.18664,
    "h": 301.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8951CE

secondary

#C0D7A4

accent

#DF489C

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8951CE

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

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