#8956E7#8956E7

#8956E7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.209 H 295.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8956E7
RGB	rgb(137, 86, 231)
HSL	hsl(261, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(261, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 62.8%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.18, 51.99, -66.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.18, 84.18, 308.14°)
OKLab	oklab(58.43% 0.0895 -0.1888)
OKLCH	oklch(58.43% 0.209 295.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.0643, 17.7428, 77.5319)
Luminance	0.1774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8956E7 #B4E756

analogous

#566CE7 #8956E7 #D156E7

triadic

#8956E7 #E78956 #56E789

tetradic

#8956E7 #E7566C #B4E756 #56E7D1

square

#8956E7 #E7566C #B4E756 #56E7D1

split-complementary

#8956E7 #E7D156 #6CE756

monochromatic

#4C18AA #6420DF #8956E7 #AE8CEF #D4C1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#8956E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#8956E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8956E7

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8956E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8956E7	1.00	4.62	4.55	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0076EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0073E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#717797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8956e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 86, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.209 295.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b288ef',
    500: '#8956e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8956e7;
$custom-light: #b288ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8956e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.103,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58431,
    "c": 0.20898,
    "h": 295.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8956E7

secondary

#D4E7B2

accent

#D70E91

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C17

muted

#807D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8956E7

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

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