#8955F0#8955F0

#8955F0 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.221 H 294.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8955F0
RGB	rgb(137, 85, 240)
HSL	hsl(260, 84%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(260, 65%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 64.6%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.62, 54.86, -70.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.62, 89.37, 307.87°)
OKLab	oklab(58.95% 0.0897 -0.2016)
OKLCH	oklch(58.95% 0.221 294)
XYZ	xyz(29.2890, 18.1058, 84.3728)
Luminance	0.1811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8955F0 #BCF055

analogous

#556EF0 #8955F0 #D655F0

triadic

#8955F0 #F08955 #55F089

tetradic

#8955F0 #F0556E #BCF055 #55F0D6

square

#8955F0 #F0556E #BCF055 #55F0D6

split-complementary

#8955F0 #F0D655 #6EF055

monochromatic

#4910BA #621DEB #8955F0 #B08DF5 #D7C5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#8955F0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#8955F0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8955F0

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8955F0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8955F0	1.00	4.54	4.62	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078F5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0073ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C7A9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8955f0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 85, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.221 294.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b388f6',
    500: '#8955f0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8955f0;
$custom-light: #b388f6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8955f0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.129,
    "s": 83.784,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5895,
    "c": 0.22066,
    "h": 294
  },
  "luminance": 0.18107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8955F0

secondary

#D9ECB5

accent

#E00597

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FF

border

#D0CBD7

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8955F0

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

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