#8957EA#8957EA

#8957EA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.211 H 294.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8957EA
RGB	rgb(137, 87, 234)
HSL	hsl(260, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(260, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 62.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.59, 52.24, -67.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.59, 85.16, 307.84°)
OKLab	oklab(58.79% 0.0882 -0.1919)
OKLCH	oklch(58.79% 0.211 294.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.5720, 18.0746, 79.8093)
Luminance	0.1807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8957EA #B8EA57

analogous

#576EEA #8957EA #D257EA

triadic

#8957EA #EA8957 #57EA89

tetradic

#8957EA #EA576E #B8EA57 #57EAD2

square

#8957EA #EA576E #B8EA57 #57EAD2

split-complementary

#8957EA #EAD257 #6EEA57

monochromatic

#4B16B1 #6321E3 #8957EA #AF8DF1 #D5C4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#8957EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#8957EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8957EA

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8957EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8957EA	1.00	4.55	4.62	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0074E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F7999

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8957ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 87, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.211 294.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b289f2',
    500: '#8957ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8957ea;
$custom-light: #b289f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8957ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.408,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58789,
    "c": 0.21118,
    "h": 294.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8957EA

secondary

#D7E9B4

accent

#DA0B94

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C17

muted

#807D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8957EA

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

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