#8951DB#8951DB

#8951DB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.202 H 298.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8951DB
RGB	rgb(137, 81, 219)
HSL	hsl(264, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(264, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.4%, 63%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.39, 51.52, -62.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.39, 80.86, 309.58°)
OKLab	oklab(56.87% 0.096 -0.1774)
OKLCH	oklch(56.87% 0.202 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.0419, 16.3174, 68.7816)
Luminance	0.1632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8951DB #A3DB51

analogous

#515EDB #8951DB #CE51DB

triadic

#8951DB #DB8951 #51DB89

tetradic

#8951DB #DB515E #A3DB51 #51DBCE

square

#8951DB #DB515E #A3DB51 #51DBCE

split-complementary

#8951DB #DBCE51 #5EDB51

monochromatic

#4E1E93 #6929C6 #8951DB #AB84E5 #CEB6F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#8951DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#8951DB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8951DB

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8951DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8951DB	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#046FD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#76708F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8951db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 81, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.202 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b185e7',
    500: '#8951db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8951db;
$custom-light: #b185e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8951db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.348,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5687,
    "c": 0.20166,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8951DB

secondary

#C9DFA9

accent

#E93FA4

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8951DB

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

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