#8955EC#8955EC

#8955EC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.216 H 294.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8955EC
RGB	rgb(137, 85, 236)
HSL	hsl(261, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(261, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.9%, 64%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.34, 53.81, -68.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.34, 87.32, 308.04°)
OKLab	oklab(58.65% 0.0901 -0.1964)
OKLCH	oklch(58.65% 0.216 294.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.7013, 17.8708, 81.2778)
Luminance	0.1787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8955EC #B8EC55

analogous

#556DEC #8955EC #D455EC

triadic

#8955EC #EC8955 #55EC89

tetradic

#8955EC #EC556D #B8EC55 #55ECD4

square

#8955EC #EC556D #B8EC55 #55ECD4

split-complementary

#8955EC #ECD455 #6DEC55

monochromatic

#4B14B3 #631EE6 #8955EC #AF8CF2 #D5C3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#8955EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#8955EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8955EC

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8955EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8955EC	1.00	4.59	4.57	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0073E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6E7899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8955ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 85, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.216 294.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b288f3',
    500: '#8955ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8955ec;
$custom-light: #b288f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8955ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.662,
    "s": 79.894,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58654,
    "c": 0.21606,
    "h": 294.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8955EC

secondary

#D7EAB3

accent

#DC0994

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8955EC

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

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