#8955E1#8955E1

#8955E1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.203 H 296.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8955E1
RGB	rgb(137, 85, 225)
HSL	hsl(262, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(262, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 62.2%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.57, 50.96, -63.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.57, 81.66, 308.61°)
OKLab	oklab(57.86% 0.0911 -0.1818)
OKLCH	oklch(57.86% 0.203 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.1521, 17.2511, 73.1188)
Luminance	0.1725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8955E1 #ADE155

analogous

#5567E1 #8955E1 #CF55E1

triadic

#8955E1 #E18955 #55E189

tetradic

#8955E1 #E15567 #ADE155 #55E1CF

square

#8955E1 #E15567 #ADE155 #55E1CF

split-complementary

#8955E1 #E1CF55 #67E155

monochromatic

#4D1C9F #6625D3 #8955E1 #AD89EA #D1BDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#8955E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#8955E1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8955E1

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8955E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8955E1	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0072DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#737493

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8955e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 85, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.203 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b187eb',
    500: '#8955e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8955e1;
$custom-light: #b187eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8955e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.286,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5786,
    "c": 0.2033,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8955E1

secondary

#D0E3AE

accent

#D2148B

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8955E1

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

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