#8957EB#8957EB

#8957EB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.212 H 294.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8957EB
RGB	rgb(137, 87, 235)
HSL	hsl(260, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(260, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.7%, 63%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.66, 52.50, -67.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.66, 85.67, 307.80°)
OKLab	oklab(58.86% 0.0881 -0.1932)
OKLCH	oklch(58.86% 0.212 294.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.7161, 18.1322, 80.5680)
Luminance	0.1813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8957EB #B9EB57

analogous

#576FEB #8957EB #D357EB

triadic

#8957EB #EB8957 #57EB89

tetradic

#8957EB #EB576F #B9EB57 #57EBD3

square

#8957EB #EB576F #B9EB57 #57EBD3

split-complementary

#8957EB #EBD357 #6FEB57

monochromatic

#4A15B2 #6320E4 #8957EB #AF8EF2 #D6C4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#8957EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#8957EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8957EB

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8957EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8957EB	1.00	4.54	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0074E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F7999

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8957eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 87, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.212 294.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8957eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.27,
    "s": 78.723,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58861,
    "c": 0.21234,
    "h": 294.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8957EB

secondary

#D7E9B4

accent

#DB0A95

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8957EB

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

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