#8951DD#8951DD

#8951DD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.204 H 298.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8951DD
RGB	rgb(137, 81, 221)
HSL	hsl(264, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(264, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 63.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.52, 52.03, -63.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.52, 81.89, 309.45°)
OKLab	oklab(57.01% 0.0958 -0.1801)
OKLCH	oklch(57.01% 0.204 298)
XYZ	xyz(26.3068, 16.4233, 70.1766)
Luminance	0.1642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8951DD #A5DD51

analogous

#515FDD #8951DD #CF51DD

triadic

#8951DD #DD8951 #51DD89

tetradic

#8951DD #DD515F #A5DD51 #51DDCF

square

#8951DD #DD515F #A5DD51 #51DDCF

split-complementary

#8951DD #DDCF51 #5FDD51

monochromatic

#4E1D96 #6827C9 #8951DD #AC84E7 #CEB7F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#8951DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#8951DD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8951DD

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8951DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8951DD	1.00	4.90	4.28	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006FDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#757190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8951dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 81, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.204 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b185e8',
    500: '#8951dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8951dd;
$custom-light: #b185e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8951dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57013,
    "c": 0.20397,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.16424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8951DD

secondary

#CAE0AA

accent

#EA3EA5

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8951DD

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

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