#8957DB#8957DB

#8957DB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.194 H 297.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8957DB
RGB	rgb(137, 87, 219)
HSL	hsl(263, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(263, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.4%, 60.3%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.57, 48.35, -60.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.57, 77.37, 308.67°)
OKLab	oklab(57.73% 0.0892 -0.1718)
OKLCH	oklch(57.73% 0.194 297.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.5077, 17.2488, 68.9369)
Luminance	0.1725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8957DB #A9DB57

analogous

#5767DB #8957DB #CB57DB

triadic

#8957DB #DB8957 #57DB89

tetradic

#8957DB #DB5767 #A9DB57 #57DBCB

square

#8957DB #DB5767 #A9DB57 #57DBCB

split-complementary

#8957DB #DBCB57 #67DB57

monochromatic

#4D2097 #672BCA #8957DB #AC89E6 #D0BCF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#8957DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#8957DB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8957DB

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8957DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8957DB	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D72D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#767491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8957db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 87, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.194 297.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b089e7',
    500: '#8957db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8957db;
$custom-light: #b089e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8957db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.727,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5773,
    "c": 0.19352,
    "h": 297.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8957DB

secondary

#CDE0AD

accent

#E840A8

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8957DB

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

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