#8955DD#8955DD

#8955DD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.199 H 297.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8955DD
RGB	rgb(137, 85, 221)
HSL	hsl(263, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(263, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 61.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.30, 49.93, -61.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.30, 79.58, 308.86°)
OKLab	oklab(57.58% 0.0913 -0.1764)
OKLCH	oklch(57.58% 0.199 297.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.6128, 17.0354, 70.2786)
Luminance	0.1704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8955DD #A9DD55

analogous

#5565DD #8955DD #CD55DD

triadic

#8955DD #DD8955 #55DD89

tetradic

#8955DD #DD5565 #A9DD55 #55DDCD

square

#8955DD #DD5565 #A9DD55 #55DDCD

split-complementary

#8955DD #DDCD55 #65DD55

monochromatic

#4D1F99 #6729CC #8955DD #AC88E7 #D0BBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#8955DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#8955DD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8955DD

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8955DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8955DD	1.00	4.76	4.41	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1071DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#757391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8955dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 85, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.199 297.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b187e8',
    500: '#8955dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8955dd;
$custom-light: #b187e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8955dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.941,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57578,
    "c": 0.19862,
    "h": 297.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8955DD

secondary

#CDE1AD

accent

#EA3EA8

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8955DD

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

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