#8957DD#8957DD

#8957DD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.196 H 297.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8957DD
RGB	rgb(137, 87, 221)
HSL	hsl(262, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(262, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 60.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.70, 48.86, -61.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.70, 78.41, 308.55°)
OKLab	oklab(57.87% 0.0891 -0.1745)
OKLCH	oklch(57.87% 0.196 297)
XYZ	xyz(26.7725, 17.3548, 70.3319)
Luminance	0.1736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8957DD #ABDD57

analogous

#5768DD #8957DD #CC57DD

triadic

#8957DD #DD8957 #57DD89

tetradic

#8957DD #DD5768 #ABDD57 #57DDCC

square

#8957DD #DD5768 #ABDD57 #57DDCC

split-complementary

#8957DD #DDCC57 #68DD57

monochromatic

#4D1F9A #672ACD #8957DD #AD8AE7 #D1BDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#8957DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#8957DD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8957DD

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8957DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8957DD	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1872DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#757492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8957dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 87, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.196 297.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b189e8',
    500: '#8957dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8957dd;
$custom-light: #b189e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8957dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.388,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57868,
    "c": 0.1959,
    "h": 297
  },
  "luminance": 0.17355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8957DD

secondary

#CEE1AE

accent

#CE178A

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8957DD

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →