#8956CE#8956CE

#8956CE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.179 H 300.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8956CE
RGB	rgb(137, 86, 206)
HSL	hsl(266, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(266, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 58.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.53, 45.57, -54.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.53, 71.16, 309.82°)
OKLab	oklab(56.71% 0.0907 -0.1549)
OKLCH	oklch(56.71% 0.179 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.7822, 16.4300, 60.2462)
Luminance	0.1643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8956CE #9BCE56

analogous

#565FCE #8956CE #C556CE

triadic

#8956CE #CE8956 #56CE89

tetradic

#8956CE #CE565F #9BCE56 #56CEC5

square

#8956CE #CE565F #9BCE56 #56CEC5

split-complementary

#8956CE #CEC556 #5FCE56

monochromatic

#4E2683 #6A34B3 #8956CE #AA85DC #CBB5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#8956CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#8956CE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8956CE

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8956CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8956CE	1.00	4.90	4.29	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1970D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3170CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B6F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8956ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 86, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.179 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af88de',
    500: '#8956ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8956ce;
$custom-light: #af88de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8956ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.5,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56705,
    "c": 0.17946,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8956CE

secondary

#C4D8A8

accent

#DE499F

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8956CE

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

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