#8951E0#8951E0

#8951E0 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.207 H 297.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8951E0
RGB	rgb(137, 81, 224)
HSL	hsl(263, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(263, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 63.8%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.73, 52.80, -64.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.73, 83.43, 309.26°)
OKLab	oklab(57.23% 0.0955 -0.1841)
OKLCH	oklch(57.23% 0.207 297.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.7101, 16.5846, 72.3005)
Luminance	0.1658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8951E0 #A8E051

analogous

#5160E0 #8951E0 #D151E0

triadic

#8951E0 #E08951 #51E089

tetradic

#8951E0 #E05160 #A8E051 #51E0D1

square

#8951E0 #E05160 #A8E051 #51E0D1

split-complementary

#8951E0 #E0D151 #60E051

monochromatic

#4D1C9B #6725CF #8951E0 #AC85E9 #CFB9F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#8951E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#8951E0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8951E0

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8951E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8951E0	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0070DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#747291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8951e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 81, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.207 297.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b185eb',
    500: '#8951e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8951e0;
$custom-light: #b185eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8951e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.497,
    "s": 69.756,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57228,
    "c": 0.2074,
    "h": 297.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8951E0

secondary

#CCE2AB

accent

#ED3BA7

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8951E0

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

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