#8956E8#8956E8

#8956E8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.210 H 295.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8956E8
RGB	rgb(137, 86, 232)
HSL	hsl(261, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(261, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 62.9%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.25, 52.25, -66.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.25, 84.70, 308.09°)
OKLab	oklab(58.5% 0.0894 -0.1902)
OKLCH	oklch(58.5% 0.21 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.2059, 17.7995, 78.2778)
Luminance	0.1780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8956E8 #B5E856

analogous

#566CE8 #8956E8 #D256E8

triadic

#8956E8 #E88956 #56E889

tetradic

#8956E8 #E8566C #B5E856 #56E8D2

square

#8956E8 #E8566C #B5E856 #56E8D2

split-complementary

#8956E8 #E8D256 #6CE856

monochromatic

#4B17AC #6320E1 #8956E8 #AF8CEF #D4C2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#8956E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#8956E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8956E8

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8956E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8956E8	1.00	4.61	4.56	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0076ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0073E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#707797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8956e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 86, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.210 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b288f0',
    500: '#8956e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8956e8;
$custom-light: #b288f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8956e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.959,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58503,
    "c": 0.21014,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8956E8

secondary

#D5E8B2

accent

#D80D91

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C17

muted

#807D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8956E8

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

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