#8951D9#8951D9

#8951D9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.199 H 298.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8951D9
RGB	rgb(137, 81, 217)
HSL	hsl(265, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(265, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.9%, 62.7%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.25, 51.02, -61.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.25, 79.83, 309.73°)
OKLab	oklab(56.73% 0.0961 -0.1747)
OKLCH	oklch(56.73% 0.199 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.7802, 16.2127, 67.4033)
Luminance	0.1621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8951D9 #A1D951

analogous

#515DD9 #8951D9 #CD51D9

triadic

#8951D9 #D98951 #51D989

tetradic

#8951D9 #D9515D #A1D951 #51D9CD

square

#8951D9 #D9515D #A1D951 #51D9CD

split-complementary

#8951D9 #D9CD51 #5DD951

monochromatic

#4E1F90 #692AC2 #8951D9 #AB83E4 #CDB5EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#8951D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#8951D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8951D9

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8951D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8951D9	1.00	4.95	4.24	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E6FD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#776F8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8951d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 81, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.199 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b185e6',
    500: '#8951d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8951d9;
$custom-light: #b185e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8951d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.706,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56729,
    "c": 0.19937,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8951D9

secondary

#C8DEA8

accent

#E741A3

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8951D9

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

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