#8956DD#8956DD

#8956DD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.197 H 297.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8956DD
RGB	rgb(137, 86, 221)
HSL	hsl(263, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(263, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 61.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.50, 49.40, -61.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.50, 79.00, 308.70°)
OKLab	oklab(57.72% 0.0902 -0.1754)
OKLCH	oklch(57.72% 0.197 297.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.6921, 17.1940, 70.3051)
Luminance	0.1719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8956DD #AADD56

analogous

#5666DD #8956DD #CD56DD

triadic

#8956DD #DD8956 #56DD89

tetradic

#8956DD #DD5666 #AADD56 #56DDCD

square

#8956DD #DD5666 #AADD56 #56DDCD

split-complementary

#8956DD #DDCD56 #66DD56

monochromatic

#4D1F9A #6729CD #8956DD #AD89E7 #D0BCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#8956DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#8956DD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8956DD

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8956DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8956DD	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1472DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#757491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8956dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 86, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.197 297.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b188e8',
    500: '#8956dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8956dd;
$custom-light: #b188e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8956dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.667,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57723,
    "c": 0.19727,
    "h": 297.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8956DD

secondary

#CEE1AE

accent

#CE1789

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8956DD

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

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