#8957CC#8957CC

#8957CC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.176 H 300.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8957CC
RGB	rgb(137, 87, 204)
HSL	hsl(266, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(266, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.8%, 57.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.62, 44.52, -53.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.62, 69.50, 309.84°)
OKLab	oklab(56.73% 0.0895 -0.1511)
OKLCH	oklch(56.73% 0.176 300.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.6212, 16.4942, 59.0016)
Luminance	0.1649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8957CC #9ACC57

analogous

#5760CC #8957CC #C457CC

triadic

#8957CC #CC8957 #57CC89

tetradic

#8957CC #CC5760 #9ACC57 #57CCC4

square

#8957CC #CC5760 #9ACC57 #57CCC4

split-complementary

#8957CC #CCC457 #60CC57

monochromatic

#4E2781 #6A36B0 #8957CC #AA86DA #CBB5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#8957CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#8957CC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8957CC

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8957CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8957CC	1.00	4.89	4.30	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2070D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3670C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B6F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8957cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 87, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.176 300.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af88dc',
    500: '#8957cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8957cc;
$custom-light: #af88dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8957cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.641,
    "s": 53.425,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56726,
    "c": 0.1756,
    "h": 300.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8957CC

secondary

#C3D7A8

accent

#DD4B9E

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8957CC

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

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