#8957F3#8957F3

#8957F3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.222 H 293.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8957F3
RGB	rgb(137, 87, 243)
HSL	hsl(259, 87%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(259, 64%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.6%, 64.2%, 0%, 4.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.22, 54.61, -71.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.22, 89.78, 307.46°)
OKLab	oklab(59.45% 0.0873 -0.2037)
OKLCH	oklch(59.45% 0.222 293.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.8980, 18.6049, 86.7925)
Luminance	0.1861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8957F3 #C1F357

analogous

#5773F3 #8957F3 #D757F3

triadic

#8957F3 #F38957 #57F389

tetradic

#8957F3 #F35773 #C1F357 #57F3D7

square

#8957F3 #F35773 #C1F357 #57F3D7

split-complementary

#8957F3 #F3D757 #73F357

monochromatic

#480EC2 #611EEF #8957F3 #B190F7 #D9C9FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#8957F3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#8957F3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8957F3

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8957F3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8957F3	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079F8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0075F0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6B7C9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8957f3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 87, 243);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.222 293.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b389f8',
    500: '#8957f3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8957f3;
$custom-light: #b389f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8957f3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 243
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.231,
    "s": 86.667,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59449,
    "c": 0.22163,
    "h": 293.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8957F3

secondary

#DDEEB8

accent

#E3029B

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FF

border

#D0CBD7

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8957F3

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

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