#8957F2#8957F2

#8957F2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.220 H 293.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8957F2
RGB	rgb(137, 87, 242)
HSL	hsl(259, 86%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(259, 64%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.4%, 64%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.15, 54.34, -70.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.15, 89.27, 307.50°)
OKLab	oklab(59.37% 0.0874 -0.2024)
OKLCH	oklch(59.37% 0.22 293.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.7474, 18.5447, 85.9993)
Luminance	0.1855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8957F2 #C0F257

analogous

#5773F2 #8957F2 #D757F2

triadic

#8957F2 #F28957 #57F289

tetradic

#8957F2 #F25773 #C0F257 #57F2D7

square

#8957F2 #F25773 #C0F257 #57F2D7

split-complementary

#8957F2 #F2D757 #73F257

monochromatic

#480FC0 #611EEE #8957F2 #B190F6 #D9C9FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#8957F2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#8957F2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8957F2

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8957F2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8957F2	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079F7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0074EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6B7C9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8957f2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 87, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.220 293.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b389f7',
    500: '#8957f2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8957f2;
$custom-light: #b389f7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8957f2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.355,
    "s": 85.635,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59374,
    "c": 0.22047,
    "h": 293.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8957F2

secondary

#DCEDB8

accent

#E2039A

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FF

border

#D0CBD7

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8957F2

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

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