#8957EC#8957EC

#8957EC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.214 H 294.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8957EC
RGB	rgb(137, 87, 236)
HSL	hsl(260, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(260, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.9%, 63.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.73, 52.77, -68.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.73, 86.19, 307.75°)
OKLab	oklab(58.93% 0.088 -0.1945)
OKLCH	oklch(58.93% 0.214 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.8610, 18.1902, 81.3311)
Luminance	0.1819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8957EC #BAEC57

analogous

#576FEC #8957EC #D357EC

triadic

#8957EC #EC8957 #57EC89

tetradic

#8957EC #EC576F #BAEC57 #57ECD3

square

#8957EC #EC576F #BAEC57 #57ECD3

split-complementary

#8957EC #ECD357 #6FEC57

monochromatic

#4A14B4 #6220E6 #8957EC #B08EF2 #D6C5F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53

#8957EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.64

#8957EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8957EC

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8957EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8957EC	1.00	4.53	4.64	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0074E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6E7A9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8957ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 87, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.214 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b289f3',
    500: '#8957ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8957ec;
$custom-light: #b289f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8957ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.134,
    "s": 79.679,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58934,
    "c": 0.21351,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8957EC

secondary

#D8EAB5

accent

#DC0A95

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8957EC

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

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