#8956E4#8956E4

#8956E4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.205 H 295.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8956E4
RGB	rgb(137, 86, 228)
HSL	hsl(262, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(262, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.9%, 62.3%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.98, 51.21, -64.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.98, 82.63, 308.29°)
OKLab	oklab(58.22% 0.0898 -0.1848)
OKLCH	oklch(58.22% 0.205 295.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.6442, 17.5748, 75.3195)
Luminance	0.1757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8956E4 #B1E456

analogous

#566AE4 #8956E4 #D056E4

triadic

#8956E4 #E48956 #56E489

tetradic

#8956E4 #E4566A #B1E456 #56E4D0

square

#8956E4 #E4566A #B1E456 #56E4D0

split-complementary

#8956E4 #E4D056 #6AE456

monochromatic

#4C1AA5 #6523DA #8956E4 #AE8BEC #D3C0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#8956E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#8956E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8956E4

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8956E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8956E4	1.00	4.65	4.51	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0075E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0072E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#727695

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8956e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 86, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.205 295.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b188ed',
    500: '#8956e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8956e4;
$custom-light: #b188ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8956e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.549,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58216,
    "c": 0.20548,
    "h": 295.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8956E4

secondary

#D2E5B0

accent

#D5118E

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8956E4

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

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