#8957EF#8957EF

#8957EF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.217 H 293.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8957EF
RGB	rgb(137, 87, 239)
HSL	hsl(260, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(260, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.7%, 63.6%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.94, 53.55, -69.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.94, 87.73, 307.62°)
OKLab	oklab(59.15% 0.0877 -0.1985)
OKLCH	oklch(59.15% 0.217 293.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.3005, 18.3660, 83.6458)
Luminance	0.1837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8957EF #BDEF57

analogous

#5771EF #8957EF #D557EF

triadic

#8957EF #EF8957 #57EF89

tetradic

#8957EF #EF5771 #BDEF57 #57EFD5

square

#8957EF #EF5771 #BDEF57 #57EFD5

split-complementary

#8957EF #EFD557 #71EF57

monochromatic

#4912BA #621FEA #8957EF #B08FF4 #D7C7FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#8957EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#8957EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8957EF

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8957EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8957EF	1.00	4.49	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078F4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0074EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6D7B9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8957ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 87, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.217 293.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b289f5',
    500: '#8957ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8957ef;
$custom-light: #b289f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8957ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.737,
    "s": 82.609,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59153,
    "c": 0.217,
    "h": 293.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8957EF

secondary

#DAECB6

accent

#DF0698

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FF

border

#D0CBD7

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8957EF

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

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