#8956E1#8956E1

#8956E1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.202 H 296.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8956E1
RGB	rgb(137, 86, 225)
HSL	hsl(262, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(262, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 61.8%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.77, 50.43, -63.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.77, 81.08, 308.46°)
OKLab	oklab(58% 0.09 -0.1808)
OKLCH	oklch(58% 0.202 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.2314, 17.4097, 73.1452)
Luminance	0.1741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8956E1 #AEE156

analogous

#5668E1 #8956E1 #CE56E1

triadic

#8956E1 #E18956 #56E189

tetradic

#8956E1 #E15668 #AEE156 #56E1CE

square

#8956E1 #E15668 #AEE156 #56E1CE

split-complementary

#8956E1 #E1CE56 #68E156

monochromatic

#4D1CA0 #6626D4 #8956E1 #AD8AEA #D2BEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#8956E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#8956E1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8956E1

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8956E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8956E1	1.00	4.69	4.48	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0075E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0172DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#737594

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8956e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 86, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.202 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b188eb',
    500: '#8956e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8956e1;
$custom-light: #b188eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8956e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.014,
    "s": 69.849,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58003,
    "c": 0.20197,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8956E1

secondary

#D0E4AF

accent

#D2148C

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8956E1

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

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