#8957E3#8957E3

#8957E3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.203 H 295.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8957E3
RGB	rgb(137, 87, 227)
HSL	hsl(261, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(261, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.6%, 61.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.11, 50.42, -64.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.11, 81.53, 308.20°)
OKLab	oklab(58.29% 0.0887 -0.1826)
OKLCH	oklch(58.29% 0.203 295.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.5862, 17.6803, 74.6174)
Luminance	0.1768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8957E3 #B1E357

analogous

#576BE3 #8957E3 #CF57E3

triadic

#8957E3 #E38957 #57E389

tetradic

#8957E3 #E3576B #B1E357 #57E3CF

square

#8957E3 #E3576B #B1E357 #57E3CF

split-complementary

#8957E3 #E3CF57 #6BE357

monochromatic

#4C1BA4 #6524D9 #8957E3 #AE8BEC #D3C0F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#8957E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#8957E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8957E3

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8957E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8957E3	1.00	4.63	4.54	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0076E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0073E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#727695

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8957e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 87, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.203 295.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b189ed',
    500: '#8957e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8957e3;
$custom-light: #b189ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8957e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.429,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58288,
    "c": 0.20298,
    "h": 295.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8957E3

secondary

#D2E5B1

accent

#D3128E

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8957E3

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

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