#8955E4#8955E4

#8955E4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.207 H 296.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8955E4
RGB	rgb(137, 85, 228)
HSL	hsl(262, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(262, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.9%, 62.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.78, 51.74, -65.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.78, 83.21, 308.44°)
OKLab	oklab(58.07% 0.0909 -0.1858)
OKLCH	oklch(58.07% 0.207 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.5650, 17.4163, 75.2931)
Luminance	0.1742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8955E4 #B0E455

analogous

#5569E4 #8955E4 #D155E4

triadic

#8955E4 #E48955 #55E489

tetradic

#8955E4 #E45569 #B0E455 #55E4D1

square

#8955E4 #E45569 #B0E455 #55E4D1

split-complementary

#8955E4 #E4D155 #69E455

monochromatic

#4C1AA4 #6523D9 #8955E4 #AE8AEC #D2BFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#8955E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#8955E4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8955E4

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8955E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8955E4	1.00	4.68	4.48	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0075E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0072E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#727595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8955e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 85, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.207 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b187ed',
    500: '#8955e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8955e4;
$custom-light: #b187ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8955e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.818,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58074,
    "c": 0.2068,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8955E4

secondary

#D2E5B0

accent

#D5118D

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8955E4

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

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