#8955E3#8955E3

#8955E3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.206 H 296.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8955E3
RGBrgb(137, 85, 227)
HSLhsl(262, 72%, 61%)
HSVhsv(262, 63%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(39.6%, 62.6%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LABlab(48.71, 51.48, -64.72)
CIE-LCHlch(48.71, 82.69, 308.50°)
OKLaboklab(58% 0.0909 -0.1844)
OKLCHoklch(58% 0.206 296.2)
XYZxyz(27.4265, 17.3609, 74.5641)
Luminance0.1736 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8955E3 #AFE355
analogous
#5568E3 #8955E3 #D055E3
triadic
#8955E3 #E38955 #55E389
tetradic
#8955E3 #E35568 #AFE355 #55E3D0
square
#8955E3 #E35568 #AFE355 #55E3D0
split-complementary
#8955E3 #E3D055 #68E355
monochromatic
#4D1BA3 #6523D7 #8955E3 #AD8AEC #D2BEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70
#8955E3 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47
#8955E3 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8955E3
4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8955E3#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8955E31.004.704.474.70
#FFFFFF4.701.0021.001.00
#0000004.4721.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.701.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#0075E7
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#0072E0
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#727594
Achromatopsia (no color)
#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8955e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 85, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.206 296.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b187ed',
    500: '#8955e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8955e3;
$custom-light: #b187ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8955e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.972,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58002,
    "c": 0.20563,
    "h": 296.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8955E3
secondary
#D1E5AF
accent
#D4128D
background
#FBF8FE
surface
#F6F0FD
border
#D0CBD5
text
#110B16
muted
#807C84

Preview Lab

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#8955E3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva