#8957C8#8957C8

#8957C8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.171 H 301.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8957C8
RGB	rgb(137, 87, 200)
HSL	hsl(267, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(267, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.5%, 56.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.37, 43.52, -51.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.37, 67.40, 310.22°)
OKLab	oklab(56.47% 0.0894 -0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(56.47% 0.171 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.1476, 16.3048, 56.5073)
Luminance	0.1631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8957C8 #96C857

analogous

#575EC8 #8957C8 #C257C8

triadic

#8957C8 #C88957 #57C889

tetradic

#8957C8 #C8575E #96C857 #57C8C2

square

#8957C8 #C8575E #96C857 #57C8C2

split-complementary

#8957C8 #C8C257 #5EC857

monochromatic

#4E297C #6A38AA #8957C8 #A985D7 #CAB3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#8957C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#8957C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8957C8

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8957C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8957C8	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2770CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A70C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D6D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8957c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 87, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.171 301.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af88d9',
    500: '#8957c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8957c8;
$custom-light: #af88d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8957c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.549,
    "s": 50.673,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56468,
    "c": 0.17077,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8957C8

secondary

#C0D5A6

accent

#DA4E9C

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8957C8

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

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