#8957B5#8957B5

#8957B5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.148 H 306.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8957B5
RGB	rgb(137, 87, 181)
HSL	hsl(272, 39%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(272, 52%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 51.9%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.27, 38.87, -42.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.27, 57.37, 312.66°)
OKLab	oklab(55.3% 0.0884 -0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(55.3% 0.148 306.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.0635, 15.4712, 45.5310)
Luminance	0.1547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8957B5 #83B557

analogous

#5A57B5 #8957B5 #B557B2

triadic

#8957B5 #B58957 #57B589

tetradic

#8957B5 #B55A57 #83B557 #57B2B5

square

#8957B5 #B55A57 #83B557 #57B2B5

split-complementary

#8957B5 #B2B557 #57B55A

monochromatic

#4B2D65 #6A3F90 #8957B5 #A781C8 #C5ACDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.13

#8957B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.09

#8957B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8957B5

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8957B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8957B5	1.00	5.13	4.09	5.13
#FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B6CB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A6EB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82687E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8957b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 87, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.148 306.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae88cb',
    500: '#8957b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8957b5;
$custom-light: #ae88cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8957b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.915,
    "s": 38.843,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55303,
    "c": 0.14775,
    "h": 306.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8957B5

secondary

#B3C89F

accent

#CF5990

background

#FAF8FC

surface

#F5F0F9

border

#CFCBD2

text

#100B13

muted

#7F7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8957B5

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

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