#8957AE#8957AE

#8957AE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.139 H 309.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8957AE
RGB	rgb(137, 87, 174)
HSL	hsl(274, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(274, 50%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 50%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.89, 37.22, -38.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.89, 53.68, 313.89°)
OKLab	oklab(54.9% 0.0877 -0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(54.9% 0.139 309)
XYZ	xyz(21.3632, 15.1911, 41.8429)
Luminance	0.1519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8957AE #7CAE57

analogous

#5D57AE #8957AE #AE57A7

triadic

#8957AE #AE8957 #57AE89

tetradic

#8957AE #AE5D57 #7CAE57 #57A7AE

square

#8957AE #AE5D57 #7CAE57 #57A7AE

split-complementary

#8957AE #A7AE57 #57AE5D

monochromatic

#492D5E #694187 #8957AE #A680C2 #C3AAD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.20

#8957AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04

#8957AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8957AE

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8957AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8957AE	1.00	5.20	4.04	5.20
#FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#406BB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F6DAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84667A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8957ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 87, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.139 309.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad88c6',
    500: '#8957ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8957ae;
$custom-light: #ad88c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8957ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.483,
    "s": 34.94,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54899,
    "c": 0.13927,
    "h": 309
  },
  "luminance": 0.15191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8957AE

secondary

#AEC49D

accent

#CB5D8C

background

#FAF8FC

surface

#F4F0F8

border

#CECBD1

text

#100B13

muted

#7F7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8957AE

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

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