#8957F6#8957F6

#8957F6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.225 H 292.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8957F6
RGB	rgb(137, 87, 246)
HSL	hsl(259, 90%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(259, 65%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.3%, 64.6%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.44, 55.40, -72.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.44, 91.31, 307.35°)
OKLab	oklab(59.67% 0.087 -0.2076)
OKLCH	oklch(59.67% 0.225 292.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.3547, 18.7876, 89.1979)
Luminance	0.1879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8957F6 #C4F657

analogous

#5774F6 #8957F6 #D957F6

triadic

#8957F6 #F68957 #57F689

tetradic

#8957F6 #F65774 #C4F657 #57F6D9

square

#8957F6 #F65774 #C4F657 #57F6D9

split-complementary

#8957F6 #F6D957 #74F657

monochromatic

#460BC8 #601DF3 #8957F6 #B291F9 #DBCBFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#8957F6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#8957F6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8957F6

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8957F6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8957F6	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AFB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0075F3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#697D9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8957f6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 87, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.225 292.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b389fa',
    500: '#8957f6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8957f6;
$custom-light: #b389fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8957f6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.868,
    "s": 89.831,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59672,
    "c": 0.22508,
    "h": 292.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8957F6

secondary

#DEEFBA

accent

#E6009D

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FF

border

#D0CBD7

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8957F6

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

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