#8955BC#8955BC

#8955BC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.159 H 305.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8955BC
RGB	rgb(137, 85, 188)
HSL	hsl(270, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(270, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.1%, 54.8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.24, 41.67, -46.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.24, 62.31, 311.97°)
OKLab	oklab(55.41% 0.0916 -0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(55.41% 0.159 305.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.6402, 15.4463, 49.3559)
Luminance	0.1545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8955BC #88BC55

analogous

#5555BC #8955BC #BC55BB

triadic

#8955BC #BC8955 #55BC89

tetradic

#8955BC #BC5555 #88BC55 #55BBBC

square

#8955BC #BC5555 #88BC55 #55BBBC

split-complementary

#8955BC #BBBC55 #55BC55

monochromatic

#4C2B6C #6A3C98 #8955BC #A781CD #C6ADDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.14

#8955BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.09

#8955BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8955BC

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8955BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8955BC	1.00	5.14	4.09	5.14
#FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#316CBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#436EBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#806880

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8955bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 85, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.159 305.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae87d1',
    500: '#8955bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8955bc;
$custom-light: #ae87d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8955bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.291,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55406,
    "c": 0.1594,
    "h": 305.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8955BC

secondary

#B6CCA0

accent

#D35593

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6EFF9

border

#D0CAD2

text

#110B14

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8955BC

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

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