#8956F4#8956F4

#8956F4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.224 H 293.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8956F4
RGB	rgb(137, 86, 244)
HSL	hsl(259, 88%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(259, 65%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 64.8%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.10, 55.39, -72.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.10, 90.85, 307.56°)
OKLab	oklab(59.39% 0.0882 -0.2059)
OKLCH	oklch(59.39% 0.224 293.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.9690, 18.5047, 87.5632)
Luminance	0.1851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8956F4 #C1F456

analogous

#5672F4 #8956F4 #D856F4

triadic

#8956F4 #F48956 #56F489

tetradic

#8956F4 #F45672 #C1F456 #56F4D8

square

#8956F4 #F45672 #C1F456 #56F4D8

split-complementary

#8956F4 #F4D856 #72F456

monochromatic

#480DC3 #611DF0 #8956F4 #B18FF8 #D9C9FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#8956F4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#8956F4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8956F4

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8956F4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8956F4	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079F9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0074F1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6A7C9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8956f4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 86, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.224 293.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b388f9',
    500: '#8956f4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8956f4;
$custom-light: #b388f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8956f4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.367,
    "s": 87.778,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59385,
    "c": 0.22402,
    "h": 293.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8956F4

secondary

#DDEEB8

accent

#E4019B

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FF

border

#D0CBD7

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8956F4

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

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