#8957E6#8957E6

#8957E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.206 H 295.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8957E6
RGB	rgb(137, 87, 230)
HSL	hsl(261, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(261, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 62.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.31, 51.20, -65.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.31, 83.09, 308.04°)
OKLab	oklab(58.5% 0.0885 -0.1866)
OKLCH	oklch(58.5% 0.207 295.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.0039, 17.8473, 76.8170)
Luminance	0.1785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8957E6 #B4E657

analogous

#576DE6 #8957E6 #D057E6

triadic

#8957E6 #E68957 #57E689

tetradic

#8957E6 #E6576D #B4E657 #57E6D0

square

#8957E6 #E6576D #B4E657 #57E6D0

split-complementary

#8957E6 #E6D057 #6DE657

monochromatic

#4C19A9 #6422DE #8957E6 #AE8CEE #D4C2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#8957E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#8957E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8957E6

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8957E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8957E6	1.00	4.60	4.57	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0076EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0073E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#717797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8957e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 87, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.206 295.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b189ef',
    500: '#8957e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8957e6;
$custom-light: #b189ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8957e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.979,
    "s": 74.093,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58502,
    "c": 0.2065,
    "h": 295.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8957E6

secondary

#D4E7B2

accent

#D60F91

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8957E6

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

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