#8957E5#8957E5

#8957E5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.205 H 295.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8957E5
RGB	rgb(137, 87, 229)
HSL	hsl(261, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(261, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.2%, 62%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.24, 50.94, -64.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.24, 82.57, 308.09°)
OKLab	oklab(58.43% 0.0886 -0.1852)
OKLCH	oklch(58.43% 0.205 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.8639, 17.7913, 76.0796)
Luminance	0.1779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8957E5 #B3E557

analogous

#576CE5 #8957E5 #D057E5

triadic

#8957E5 #E58957 #57E589

tetradic

#8957E5 #E5576C #B3E557 #57E5D0

square

#8957E5 #E5576C #B3E557 #57E5D0

split-complementary

#8957E5 #E5D057 #6CE557

monochromatic

#4C1AA8 #6422DD #8957E5 #AE8CED #D3C1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#8957E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#8957E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8957E5

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8957E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8957E5	1.00	4.61	4.56	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0076E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0073E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#717796

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8957e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 87, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.205 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b189ee',
    500: '#8957e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8957e5;
$custom-light: #b189ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8957e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.127,
    "s": 73.196,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5843,
    "c": 0.20533,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8957E5

secondary

#D4E6B2

accent

#D51090

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8957E5

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

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