#8957D4#8957D4

#8957D4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.185 H 298.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8957D4
RGB	rgb(137, 87, 212)
HSL	hsl(264, 59%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(264, 59%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.4%, 59%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.12, 46.55, -57.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.12, 73.71, 309.17°)
OKLab	oklab(57.26% 0.0894 -0.1622)
OKLCH	oklch(57.26% 0.185 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.6055, 16.8879, 64.1853)
Luminance	0.1689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8957D4 #A2D457

analogous

#5763D4 #8957D4 #C757D4

triadic

#8957D4 #D48957 #57D489

tetradic

#8957D4 #D45763 #A2D457 #57D4C7

square

#8957D4 #D45763 #A2D457 #57D4C7

split-complementary

#8957D4 #D4C757 #63D457

monochromatic

#4E248D #6930BD #8957D4 #AB88E0 #CDB8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#8957D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#8957D4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8957D4

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8957D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8957D4	1.00	4.80	4.38	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C72D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B71D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78718D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8957d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 87, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.185 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b088e2',
    500: '#8957d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8957d4;
$custom-light: #b088e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8957d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 59.242,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57255,
    "c": 0.18519,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8957D4

secondary

#C8DCAB

accent

#E245A4

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8957D4

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

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