#8957D0#8957D0

#8957D0 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.180 H 299.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8957D0
RGB	rgb(137, 87, 208)
HSL	hsl(265, 56%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(265, 58%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 58.2%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.87, 45.53, -55.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.87, 71.61, 309.49°)
OKLab	oklab(56.99% 0.0895 -0.1567)
OKLCH	oklch(56.99% 0.18 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.1071, 16.6886, 61.5608)
Luminance	0.1669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8957D0 #9ED057

analogous

#5762D0 #8957D0 #C557D0

triadic

#8957D0 #D08957 #57D089

tetradic

#8957D0 #D05762 #9ED057 #57D0C5

square

#8957D0 #D05762 #9ED057 #57D0C5

split-complementary

#8957D0 #D0C557 #62D057

monochromatic

#4E2687 #6933B7 #8957D0 #AB87DD #CCB7EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#8957D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#8957D0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8957D0

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8957D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8957D0	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1871D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3071CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A708B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8957d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 87, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.180 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b088df',
    500: '#8957d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8957d0;
$custom-light: #b088df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8957d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.793,
    "s": 56.279,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56988,
    "c": 0.1804,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8957D0

secondary

#C6DAA9

accent

#E048A1

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8957D0

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

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