#8955E9#8955E9

#8955E9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.213 H 295.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8955E9
RGB	rgb(137, 85, 233)
HSL	hsl(261, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(261, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 63.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.13, 53.03, -67.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.13, 85.78, 308.19°)
OKLab	oklab(58.44% 0.0904 -0.1924)
OKLCH	oklch(58.44% 0.213 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.2691, 17.6979, 79.0016)
Luminance	0.1770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8955E9 #B5E955

analogous

#556BE9 #8955E9 #D355E9

triadic

#8955E9 #E98955 #55E989

tetradic

#8955E9 #E9556B #B5E955 #55E9D3

square

#8955E9 #E9556B #B5E955 #55E9D3

split-complementary

#8955E9 #E9D355 #6BE955

monochromatic

#4B16AD #631FE2 #8955E9 #AF8BF0 #D4C1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#8955E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#8955E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8955E9

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8955E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8955E9	1.00	4.63	4.54	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0076EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0072E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#707797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8955e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 85, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.213 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b288f1',
    500: '#8955e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8955e9;
$custom-light: #b288f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8955e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.081,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58435,
    "c": 0.21259,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8955E9

secondary

#D5E8B2

accent

#D90C91

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120B17

muted

#817C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8955E9

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

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