#8956BC#8956BC

#8956BC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.158 H 304.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8956BC
RGB	rgb(137, 86, 188)
HSL	hsl(270, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(270, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.1%, 54.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.45, 41.12, -45.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.45, 61.69, 311.80°)
OKLab	oklab(55.56% 0.0903 -0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(55.56% 0.158 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.7195, 15.6049, 49.3823)
Luminance	0.1560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8956BC #89BC56

analogous

#5656BC #8956BC #BC56BC

triadic

#8956BC #BC8956 #56BC89

tetradic

#8956BC #BC5656 #89BC56 #56BCBC

square

#8956BC #BC5656 #89BC56 #56BCBC

split-complementary

#8956BC #BCBC56 #56BC56

monochromatic

#4C2B6D #6A3C98 #8956BC #A882CD #C6AEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#8956BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#8956BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8956BC

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8956BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8956BC	1.00	5.10	4.12	5.10
#FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#336DBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#446EBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#806981

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8956bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 86, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.158 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae87d1',
    500: '#8956bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8956bc;
$custom-light: #ae87d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8956bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55562,
    "c": 0.15783,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8956BC

secondary

#B7CDA1

accent

#D35594

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6F0F9

border

#D0CBD2

text

#110B14

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8956BC

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

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