#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
RGB	rgb(137, 85, 227)
HSL	hsl(262, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(262, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.6%, 62.6%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.71, 51.48, -64.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.71, 82.69, 308.50°)
OKLab	oklab(58% 0.0909 -0.1844)
OKLCH	oklch(58% 0.206 296.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.4265, 17.3609, 74.5641)
Luminance	0.1736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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
##8955E3	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #8955E3

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

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