#8955AA#8955AA

#8955AA is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.138 H 310.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8955AA
RGB	rgb(137, 85, 170)
HSL	hsl(277, 33%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(277, 50%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.4%, 50%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.25, 37.41, -37.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.25, 52.88, 315.04°)
OKLab	oklab(54.35% 0.0901 -0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(54.35% 0.138 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.8194, 14.7180, 39.7665)
Luminance	0.1472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8955AA #76AA55

analogous

#5F55AA #8955AA #AA55A0

triadic

#8955AA #AA8955 #55AA89

tetradic

#8955AA #AA5F55 #76AA55 #55A0AA

square

#8955AA #AA5F55 #76AA55 #55A0AA

split-complementary

#8955AA #A0AA55 #55AA5F

monochromatic

#472C58 #684181 #8955AA #A57EBE #C2A7D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.33

#8955AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#8955AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8955AA

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8955AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8955AA	1.00	5.33	3.94	5.33
#FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4069AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F6CA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#856378

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8955aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 85, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.138 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad86c3',
    500: '#8955aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8955aa;
$custom-light: #ad86c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8955aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.706,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54348,
    "c": 0.13783,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8955AA

secondary

#A9C09A

accent

#C95E88

background

#FAF8FC

surface

#F4EFF8

border

#CECAD1

text

#100B12

muted

#7F7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8955AA

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

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