#8951D8#8951D8

#8951D8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.198 H 299.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8951D8
RGB	rgb(137, 81, 216)
HSL	hsl(265, 63%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(265, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 62.5%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.18, 50.77, -60.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.18, 79.31, 309.80°)
OKLab	oklab(56.66% 0.0962 -0.1733)
OKLCH	oklch(56.66% 0.198 299)
XYZ	xyz(25.6505, 16.1608, 66.7204)
Luminance	0.1616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8951D8 #A0D851

analogous

#515CD8 #8951D8 #CC51D8

triadic

#8951D8 #D88951 #51D889

tetradic

#8951D8 #D8515C #A0D851 #51D8CC

square

#8951D8 #D8515C #A0D851 #51D8CC

split-complementary

#8951D8 #D8CC51 #5CD851

monochromatic

#4E208F #692BC1 #8951D8 #AB83E3 #CDB5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#8951D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#8951D8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8951D8

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8951D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8951D8	1.00	4.96	4.23	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#126FD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#776F8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8951d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 81, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.198 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b185e5',
    500: '#8951d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8951d8;
$custom-light: #b185e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8951d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.889,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56659,
    "c": 0.19821,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.16161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8951D8

secondary

#C7DDA8

accent

#E641A2

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8951D8

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

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