#8956E5#8956E5

#8956E5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.207 H 295.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8956E5
RGB	rgb(137, 86, 229)
HSL	hsl(261, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(261, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.2%, 62.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.04, 51.47, -65.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.04, 83.15, 308.24°)
OKLab	oklab(58.29% 0.0897 -0.1862)
OKLCH	oklch(58.29% 0.207 295.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.7835, 17.6305, 76.0528)
Luminance	0.1763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8956E5 #B2E556

analogous

#566BE5 #8956E5 #D156E5

triadic

#8956E5 #E58956 #56E589

tetradic

#8956E5 #E5566B #B2E556 #56E5D1

square

#8956E5 #E5566B #B2E556 #56E5D1

split-complementary

#8956E5 #E5D156 #6BE556

monochromatic

#4C1AA7 #6422DC #8956E5 #AE8BED #D3C0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#8956E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#8956E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8956E5

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8956E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8956E5	1.00	4.64	4.53	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0076EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0072E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#727696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8956e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 86, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.207 295.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b188ee',
    500: '#8956e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8956e5;
$custom-light: #b188ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8956e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.399,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58287,
    "c": 0.20664,
    "h": 295.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8956E5

secondary

#D3E6B1

accent

#D5108F

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8956E5

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

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