#8957CD#8957CD

#8957CD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.177 H 300.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8957CD
RGB	rgb(137, 87, 205)
HSL	hsl(265, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(265, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.2%, 57.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.68, 44.78, -53.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.68, 70.03, 309.75°)
OKLab	oklab(56.79% 0.0895 -0.1525)
OKLCH	oklch(56.79% 0.177 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.7415, 16.5424, 59.6353)
Luminance	0.1654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8957CD #9BCD57

analogous

#5760CD #8957CD #C457CD

triadic

#8957CD #CD8957 #57CD89

tetradic

#8957CD #CD5760 #9BCD57 #57CDC4

square

#8957CD #CD5760 #9BCD57 #57CDC4

split-complementary

#8957CD #CDC457 #60CD57

monochromatic

#4E2783 #6A35B2 #8957CD #AA86DB #CBB5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#8957CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#8957CD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8957CD

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8957CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8957CD	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F71D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3470CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B6F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8957cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 87, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.177 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af88dd',
    500: '#8957cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8957cd;
$custom-light: #af88dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8957cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.424,
    "s": 54.128,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56791,
    "c": 0.17679,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8957CD

secondary

#C4D8A8

accent

#DD4A9F

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8957CD

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

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