#8955D4#8955D4

#8955D4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.188 H 299.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8955D4
RGB	rgb(137, 85, 212)
HSL	hsl(265, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(265, 60%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.4%, 59.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.71, 47.63, -57.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.71, 74.90, 309.49°)
OKLab	oklab(56.96% 0.0918 -0.1641)
OKLCH	oklch(56.96% 0.188 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.4458, 16.5686, 64.1320)
Luminance	0.1657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8955D4 #A0D455

analogous

#5560D4 #8955D4 #C855D4

triadic

#8955D4 #D48955 #55D489

tetradic

#8955D4 #D45560 #A0D455 #55D4C8

square

#8955D4 #D45560 #A0D455 #55D4C8

split-complementary

#8955D4 #D4C855 #60D455

monochromatic

#4E238B #6930BC #8955D4 #AB86E0 #CDB7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#8955D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#8955D4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8955D4

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8955D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8955D4	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2770D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78708C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8955d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 85, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.188 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b087e2',
    500: '#8955d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8955d4;
$custom-light: #b087e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8955d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.567,
    "s": 59.624,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56958,
    "c": 0.18803,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8955D4

secondary

#C7DCA9

accent

#E345A2

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8955D4

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

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