#8955D2#8955D2

#8955D2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.186 H 299.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8955D2
RGB	rgb(137, 85, 210)
HSL	hsl(265, 58%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(265, 60%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.8%, 59.5%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.58, 47.13, -56.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.58, 73.85, 309.65°)
OKLab	oklab(56.82% 0.0918 -0.1614)
OKLCH	oklch(56.82% 0.186 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.1951, 16.4683, 62.8116)
Luminance	0.1647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8955D2 #9ED255

analogous

#555FD2 #8955D2 #C855D2

triadic

#8955D2 #D28955 #55D289

tetradic

#8955D2 #D2555F #9ED255 #55D2C8

square

#8955D2 #D2555F #9ED255 #55D2C8

split-complementary

#8955D2 #D2C855 #5FD255

monochromatic

#4E2488 #6931B9 #8955D2 #AB85DF #CCB6EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#8955D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#8955D2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8955D2

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8955D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8955D2	1.00	4.89	4.29	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0671D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A70CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#796F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8955d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 85, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.186 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b087e0',
    500: '#8955d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8955d2;
$custom-light: #b087e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8955d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.96,
    "s": 58.14,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56823,
    "c": 0.18566,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8955D2

secondary

#C6DAA8

accent

#E146A1

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8955D2

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

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