#8957E8#8957E8

#8957E8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.209 H 295.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8957E8
RGB	rgb(137, 87, 232)
HSL	hsl(261, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(261, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 62.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.45, 51.72, -66.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.45, 84.12, 307.94°)
OKLab	oklab(58.65% 0.0884 -0.1892)
OKLCH	oklch(58.65% 0.209 295)
XYZ	xyz(28.2864, 17.9603, 78.3046)
Luminance	0.1796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8957E8 #B6E857

analogous

#576DE8 #8957E8 #D257E8

triadic

#8957E8 #E88957 #57E889

tetradic

#8957E8 #E8576D #B6E857 #57E8D2

square

#8957E8 #E8576D #B6E857 #57E8D2

split-complementary

#8957E8 #E8D257 #6DE857

monochromatic

#4B18AD #6321E1 #8957E8 #AF8DEF #D5C3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#8957E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#8957E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8957E8

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8957E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8957E8	1.00	4.57	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0073E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#707898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8957e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 87, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.209 295.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b289f0',
    500: '#8957e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8957e8;
$custom-light: #b289f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8957e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.69,
    "s": 75.916,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58645,
    "c": 0.20884,
    "h": 295
  },
  "luminance": 0.17961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8957E8

secondary

#D6E8B3

accent

#D80D92

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C17

muted

#807D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8957E8

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

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