#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
RGBrgb(137, 85, 228)
HSLhsl(262, 73%, 61%)
HSVhsv(262, 63%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(39.9%, 62.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LABlab(48.78, 51.74, -65.17)
CIE-LCHlch(48.78, 83.21, 308.44°)
OKLaboklab(58.07% 0.0909 -0.1858)
OKLCHoklch(58.07% 0.207 296.1)
XYZxyz(27.5650, 17.4163, 75.2931)
Luminance0.1742 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

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
##8955E41.004.684.484.68
#FFFFFF4.681.0021.001.00
#0000004.4821.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.681.0021.001.00

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

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#8955E4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva