#8951E6#8951E6

#8951E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.214 H 296.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8951E6
RGB	rgb(137, 81, 230)
HSL	hsl(263, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(263, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 64.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.15, 54.33, -67.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.15, 86.50, 308.91°)
OKLab	oklab(57.67% 0.0949 -0.1921)
OKLCH	oklch(57.67% 0.214 296.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.5382, 16.9158, 76.6618)
Luminance	0.1692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8951E6 #AEE651

analogous

#5163E6 #8951E6 #D351E6

triadic

#8951E6 #E68951 #51E689

tetradic

#8951E6 #E65163 #AEE651 #51E6D3

square

#8951E6 #E65163 #AEE651 #51E6D3

split-complementary

#8951E6 #E6D351 #63E651

monochromatic

#4D18A5 #661FDA #8951E6 #AD87EE #D2BCF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#8951E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#8951E6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8951E6

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8951E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8951E6	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0070E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#717495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8951e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 81, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.214 296.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b285ef',
    500: '#8951e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8951e6;
$custom-light: #b285ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8951e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.55,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57665,
    "c": 0.21424,
    "h": 296.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8951E6

secondary

#D0E5AD

accent

#D70E8C

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B17

muted

#817C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8951E6

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

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