#8957DE#8957DE

#8957DE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.197 H 296.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8957DE
RGB	rgb(137, 87, 222)
HSL	hsl(262, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(262, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.3%, 60.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.77, 49.12, -61.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.77, 78.93, 308.48°)
OKLab	oklab(57.94% 0.089 -0.1758)
OKLCH	oklch(57.94% 0.197 296.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.9062, 17.4082, 71.0356)
Luminance	0.1741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8957DE #ACDE57

analogous

#5768DE #8957DE #CC57DE

triadic

#8957DE #DE8957 #57DE89

tetradic

#8957DE #DE5768 #ACDE57 #57DECC

square

#8957DE #DE5768 #ACDE57 #57DECC

split-complementary

#8957DE #DECC57 #68DE57

monochromatic

#4D1F9C #6629CF #8957DE #AD8AE8 #D1BDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#8957DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#8957DE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8957DE

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8957DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8957DE	1.00	4.69	4.48	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1572DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#747592

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8957de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 87, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.197 296.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b189e9',
    500: '#8957de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8957de;
$custom-light: #b189e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8957de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.222,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57938,
    "c": 0.19708,
    "h": 296.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8957DE

secondary

#CFE2AF

accent

#CF168B

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8957DE

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

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