#8957E1#8957E1

#8957E1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.201 H 296.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8957E1
RGB	rgb(137, 87, 225)
HSL	hsl(262, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(262, 61%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 61.3%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.97, 49.90, -63.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.97, 80.49, 308.31°)
OKLab	oklab(58.15% 0.0889 -0.1799)
OKLCH	oklch(58.15% 0.201 296.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.3118, 17.5705, 73.1720)
Luminance	0.1757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8957E1 #AFE157

analogous

#576AE1 #8957E1 #CE57E1

triadic

#8957E1 #E18957 #57E189

tetradic

#8957E1 #E1576A #AFE157 #57E1CE

square

#8957E1 #E1576A #AFE157 #57E1CE

split-complementary

#8957E1 #E1CE57 #6AE157

monochromatic

#4D1DA1 #6526D5 #8957E1 #AD8BEA #D2BFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#8957E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#8957E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8957E1

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8957E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8957E1	1.00	4.65	4.51	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0075E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0773DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#737694

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8957e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 87, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.201 296.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b189eb',
    500: '#8957e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8957e1;
$custom-light: #b189eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8957e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.739,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58148,
    "c": 0.20063,
    "h": 296.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8957E1

secondary

#D1E4B0

accent

#D2148D

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8957E1

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

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