#8957E9#8957E9

#8957E9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.210 H 294.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8957E9
RGB	rgb(137, 87, 233)
HSL	hsl(261, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(261, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 62.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.52, 51.98, -66.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.52, 84.64, 307.89°)
OKLab	oklab(58.72% 0.0883 -0.1906)
OKLCH	oklch(58.72% 0.21 294.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.4288, 18.0173, 79.0548)
Luminance	0.1802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8957E9 #B7E957

analogous

#576EE9 #8957E9 #D257E9

triadic

#8957E9 #E98957 #57E989

tetradic

#8957E9 #E9576E #B7E957 #57E9D2

square

#8957E9 #E9576E #B7E957 #57E9D2

split-complementary

#8957E9 #E9D257 #6EE957

monochromatic

#4B17AF #6321E2 #8957E9 #AF8DF0 #D5C3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#8957E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#8957E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8957E9

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8957E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8957E9	1.00	4.56	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0073E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#707898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8957e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 87, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.210 294.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b289f1',
    500: '#8957e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8957e9;
$custom-light: #b289f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8957e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.548,
    "s": 76.842,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58717,
    "c": 0.21002,
    "h": 294.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8957E9

secondary

#D6E8B3

accent

#D90C93

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C17

muted

#807D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8957E9

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

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