#8957E7#8957E7

#8957E7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.208 H 295.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8957E7
RGB	rgb(137, 87, 231)
HSL	hsl(261, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(261, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 62.3%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.38, 51.46, -65.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.38, 83.61, 307.99°)
OKLab	oklab(58.57% 0.0884 -0.1879)
OKLCH	oklch(58.57% 0.208 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.1447, 17.9036, 77.5587)
Luminance	0.1790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8957E7 #B5E757

analogous

#576DE7 #8957E7 #D157E7

triadic

#8957E7 #E78957 #57E789

tetradic

#8957E7 #E7576D #B5E757 #57E7D1

square

#8957E7 #E7576D #B5E757 #57E7D1

split-complementary

#8957E7 #E7D157 #6DE757

monochromatic

#4B18AB #6321DF #8957E7 #AF8DEF #D4C2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#8957E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#8957E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8957E7

4.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8957E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8957E7	1.00	4.58	4.58	4.58
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0073E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#717897

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8957e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 87, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.208 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b289ef',
    500: '#8957e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8957e7;
$custom-light: #b289ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8957e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.833,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58573,
    "c": 0.20767,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8957E7

secondary

#D5E7B3

accent

#D70E91

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C17

muted

#807D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8957E7

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

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