#8957CB#8957CB

#8957CB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.174 H 300.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8957CB
RGB	rgb(137, 87, 203)
HSL	hsl(266, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(266, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 57.1%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.55, 44.27, -52.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.55, 68.98, 309.93°)
OKLab	oklab(56.66% 0.0895 -0.1497)
OKLCH	oklch(56.66% 0.174 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.5017, 16.4464, 58.3720)
Luminance	0.1645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8957CB #99CB57

analogous

#575FCB #8957CB #C357CB

triadic

#8957CB #CB8957 #57CB89

tetradic

#8957CB #CB575F #99CB57 #57CBC3

square

#8957CB #CB575F #99CB57 #57CBC3

split-complementary

#8957CB #CBC357 #5FCB57

monochromatic

#4E2880 #6A36AF #8957CB #AA86D9 #CBB4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#8957CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#8957CB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8957CB

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8957CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8957CB	1.00	4.90	4.29	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2270CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3770C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C6E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8957cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 87, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.174 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af88db',
    500: '#8957cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8957cb;
$custom-light: #af88db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8957cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.862,
    "s": 52.727,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56661,
    "c": 0.17439,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8957CB

secondary

#C2D7A7

accent

#DC4C9E

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8957CB

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

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