#8955D5#8955D5

#8955D5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.189 H 299.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8955D5
RGB	rgb(137, 85, 213)
HSL	hsl(264, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(264, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 60.1%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.78, 47.89, -58.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.78, 75.42, 309.41°)
OKLab	oklab(57.03% 0.0917 -0.1655)
OKLCH	oklch(57.03% 0.189 299)
XYZ	xyz(25.5723, 16.6192, 64.7984)
Luminance	0.1662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8955D5 #A1D555

analogous

#5561D5 #8955D5 #C955D5

triadic

#8955D5 #D58955 #55D589

tetradic

#8955D5 #D55561 #A1D555 #55D5C9

square

#8955D5 #D55561 #A1D555 #55D5C9

split-complementary

#8955D5 #D5C955 #61D555

monochromatic

#4E238D #692FBE #8955D5 #AB86E1 #CDB7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#8955D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#8955D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8955D5

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8955D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8955D5	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2570D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78708D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8955d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 85, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.189 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b087e3',
    500: '#8955d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8955d5;
$custom-light: #b087e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8955d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.375,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57026,
    "c": 0.1892,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.16619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8955D5

secondary

#C8DCA9

accent

#E444A3

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110B15

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8955D5

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

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