#8955FF#8955FF

#8955FF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.238 H 291.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8955FF
RGB	rgb(137, 85, 255)
HSL	hsl(258, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(258, 67%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.3%, 66.7%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.73, 58.80, -77.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.73, 96.98, 307.32°)
OKLab	oklab(60.09% 0.0878 -0.2209)
OKLCH	oklch(60.09% 0.238 291.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.6100, 19.0343, 96.5968)
Luminance	0.1903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8955FF #CBFF55

analogous

#5576FF #8955FF #DE55FF

triadic

#8955FF #FF8955 #55FF89

tetradic

#8955FF #FF5576 #CBFF55 #55FFDE

square

#8955FF #FF5576 #CBFF55 #55FFDE

split-complementary

#8955FF #FFDE55 #76FF55

monochromatic

#4300DA #5F18FF #8955FF #B392FF #DECFFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#8955FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#8955FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8955FF

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8955FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8955FF	1.00	4.37	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0075FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#647FA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8955ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 85, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.238 291.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b488ff',
    500: '#8955ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8955ff;
$custom-light: #b488ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8955ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.353,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60088,
    "c": 0.23773,
    "h": 291.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8955FF

secondary

#E3F3BD

accent

#E6009F

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F7F0FF

border

#D0CBD7

text

#120C18

muted

#817D86

Preview Lab

Preview with #8955FF

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

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