#8957B2#8957B2

#8957B2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.144 H 307.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8957B2
RGB	rgb(137, 87, 178)
HSL	hsl(273, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(273, 51%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 51.1%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.11, 38.16, -40.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.11, 55.79, 313.16°)
OKLab	oklab(55.13% 0.0882 -0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(55.13% 0.144 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.7590, 15.3494, 43.9273)
Luminance	0.1535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8957B2 #80B257

analogous

#5C57B2 #8957B2 #B257AE

triadic

#8957B2 #B28957 #57B289

tetradic

#8957B2 #B25C57 #80B257 #57AEB2

square

#8957B2 #B25C57 #80B257 #57AEB2

split-complementary

#8957B2 #AEB257 #57B25C

monochromatic

#4A2D62 #6A408C #8957B2 #A681C5 #C4ABD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.16

#8957B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#8957B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8957B2

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8957B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8957B2	1.00	5.16	4.07	5.16
#FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D6BB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C6EB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83677C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8957b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 87, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.144 307.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae88c9',
    500: '#8957b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8957b2;
$custom-light: #ae88c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8957b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.967,
    "s": 37.143,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55128,
    "c": 0.14412,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8957B2

secondary

#B0C69E

accent

#CD5B8E

background

#FAF8FC

surface

#F5F0F8

border

#CFCBD1

text

#100B13

muted

#7F7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8957B2

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

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