#8951E1#8951E1

#8951E1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.209 H 297.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8951E1
RGB	rgb(137, 81, 225)
HSL	hsl(263, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(263, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 64%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.80, 53.05, -65.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.80, 83.94, 309.20°)
OKLab	oklab(57.3% 0.0954 -0.1854)
OKLCH	oklch(57.3% 0.209 297.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.8461, 16.6390, 73.0168)
Luminance	0.1664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8951E1 #A9E151

analogous

#5161E1 #8951E1 #D151E1

triadic

#8951E1 #E18951 #51E189

tetradic

#8951E1 #E15161 #A9E151 #51E1D1

square

#8951E1 #E15161 #A9E151 #51E1D1

split-complementary

#8951E1 #E1D151 #61E151

monochromatic

#4D1B9D #6724D1 #8951E1 #AC85EA #D0B9F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#8951E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#8951E1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8951E1

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8951E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8951E1	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0070DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#747292

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8951e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 81, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.209 297.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b185eb',
    500: '#8951e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8951e1;
$custom-light: #b185eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8951e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.333,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57301,
    "c": 0.20855,
    "h": 297.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8951E1

secondary

#CDE3AB

accent

#ED3AA8

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8951E1

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

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