#8955F8#8955F8

#8955F8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.230 H 292.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8955F8
RGB	rgb(137, 85, 248)
HSL	hsl(259, 92%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(259, 66%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.8%, 65.7%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.21, 56.96, -74.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.21, 93.45, 307.55°)
OKLab	oklab(59.55% 0.0887 -0.212)
OKLCH	oklch(59.55% 0.23 292.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.5036, 18.5917, 90.7701)
Luminance	0.1859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8955F8 #C4F855

analogous

#5573F8 #8955F8 #DA55F8

triadic

#8955F8 #F88955 #55F889

tetradic

#8955F8 #F85573 #C4F855 #55F8DA

square

#8955F8 #F85573 #C4F855 #55F8DA

split-complementary

#8955F8 #F8DA55 #73F855

monochromatic

#4608CA #601AF6 #8955F8 #B290FA #DBCBFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#8955F8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#8955F8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8955F8

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8955F8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8955F8	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AFD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0074F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#687DA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8955f8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 85, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.230 292.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b388fc',
    500: '#8955f8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8955f8;
$custom-light: #b388fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8955f8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.141,
    "s": 92.09,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59551,
    "c": 0.2298,
    "h": 292.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8955F8

secondary

#DEF0B9

accent

#E6009C

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FF

border

#D0CBD7

text

#120C18

muted

#817D86

Preview Lab

Preview with #8955F8

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

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