#8951E4#8951E4

#8951E4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.212 H 296.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8951E4
RGB	rgb(137, 81, 228)
HSL	hsl(263, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(263, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.9%, 64.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.01, 53.82, -66.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.01, 85.48, 309.02°)
OKLab	oklab(57.52% 0.0951 -0.1894)
OKLCH	oklch(57.52% 0.212 296.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.2589, 16.8042, 75.1911)
Luminance	0.1681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8951E4 #ACE451

analogous

#5162E4 #8951E4 #D251E4

triadic

#8951E4 #E48951 #51E489

tetradic

#8951E4 #E45162 #ACE451 #51E4D2

square

#8951E4 #E45162 #ACE451 #51E4D2

split-complementary

#8951E4 #E4D251 #62E451

monochromatic

#4D19A2 #6621D7 #8951E4 #AD86EC #D1BBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#8951E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#8951E4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8951E4

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8951E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8951E4	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0070E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#727393

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8951e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 81, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.212 296.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b285ed',
    500: '#8951e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8951e4;
$custom-light: #b285ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8951e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.857,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57519,
    "c": 0.21197,
    "h": 296.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8951E4

secondary

#CFE4AC

accent

#D5108A

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8951E4

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

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