#8957E4#8957E4

#8957E4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.204 H 295.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8957E4
RGB	rgb(137, 87, 228)
HSL	hsl(261, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(261, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.9%, 61.8%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.17, 50.68, -64.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.17, 82.05, 308.14°)
OKLab	oklab(58.36% 0.0887 -0.1839)
OKLCH	oklch(58.36% 0.204 295.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.7246, 17.7356, 75.3463)
Luminance	0.1774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8957E4 #B2E457

analogous

#576BE4 #8957E4 #D057E4

triadic

#8957E4 #E48957 #57E489

tetradic

#8957E4 #E4576B #B2E457 #57E4D0

square

#8957E4 #E4576B #B2E457 #57E4D0

split-complementary

#8957E4 #E4D057 #6BE457

monochromatic

#4C1BA6 #6423DB #8957E4 #AE8CEC #D3C0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#8957E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#8957E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8957E4

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8957E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8957E4	1.00	4.62	4.55	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0076E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0073E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#727796

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8957e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 87, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.204 295.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b189ed',
    500: '#8957e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8957e4;
$custom-light: #b189ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8957e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.277,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58359,
    "c": 0.20416,
    "h": 295.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8957E4

secondary

#D3E6B1

accent

#D4118F

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8957E4

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

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