#8957D9#8957D9

#8957D9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.191 H 297.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8957D9
RGB	rgb(137, 87, 217)
HSL	hsl(263, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(263, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.9%, 59.9%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.44, 47.83, -59.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.44, 76.33, 308.81°)
OKLab	oklab(57.59% 0.0892 -0.169)
OKLCH	oklch(57.59% 0.191 297.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.2460, 17.1441, 67.5586)
Luminance	0.1714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8957D9 #A7D957

analogous

#5766D9 #8957D9 #CA57D9

triadic

#8957D9 #D98957 #57D989

tetradic

#8957D9 #D95766 #A7D957 #57D9CA

square

#8957D9 #D95766 #A7D957 #57D9CA

split-complementary

#8957D9 #D9CA57 #66D957

monochromatic

#4E2194 #682DC6 #8957D9 #AC89E4 #CFBBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#8957D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#8957D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8957D9

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8957D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8957D9	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2272D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#767390

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8957d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 87, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.191 297.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b088e5',
    500: '#8957d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8957d9;
$custom-light: #b088e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8957d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.077,
    "s": 63.107,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57593,
    "c": 0.19115,
    "h": 297.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8957D9

secondary

#CCDFAD

accent

#E642A7

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8957D9

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

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