#8957CE#8957CE

#8957CE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.178 H 300.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8957CE
RGB	rgb(137, 87, 206)
HSL	hsl(265, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(265, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 57.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.74, 45.03, -54.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.74, 70.56, 309.66°)
OKLab	oklab(56.86% 0.0895 -0.1539)
OKLCH	oklch(56.86% 0.178 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.8626, 16.5908, 60.2730)
Luminance	0.1659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8957CE #9CCE57

analogous

#5760CE #8957CE #C557CE

triadic

#8957CE #CE8957 #57CE89

tetradic

#8957CE #CE5760 #9CCE57 #57CEC5

square

#8957CE #CE5760 #9CCE57 #57CEC5

split-complementary

#8957CE #CEC557 #60CE57

monochromatic

#4E2784 #6A34B3 #8957CE #AA86DC #CCB6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#8957CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#8957CE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8957CE

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8957CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8957CE	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D71D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3370CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B6F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8957ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 87, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.178 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af88de',
    500: '#8957ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8957ce;
$custom-light: #af88de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8957ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.21,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56857,
    "c": 0.17799,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8957CE

secondary

#C4D8A8

accent

#DE4AA0

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8957CE

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

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