#8958C8#8958C8

#8958C8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.169 H 301.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8958C8
RGB	rgb(137, 88, 200)
HSL	hsl(266, 50%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(266, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.5%, 56%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.58, 42.97, -51.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.58, 66.78, 310.05°)
OKLab	oklab(56.62% 0.0882 -0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(56.62% 0.169 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.2291, 16.4679, 56.5345)
Luminance	0.1647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8958C8 #97C858

analogous

#585FC8 #8958C8 #C158C8

triadic

#8958C8 #C88958 #58C889

tetradic

#8958C8 #C8585F #97C858 #58C8C1

square

#8958C8 #C8585F #97C858 #58C8C1

split-complementary

#8958C8 #C8C158 #5FC858

monochromatic

#4E297D #6A38AB #8958C8 #AA86D7 #CAB4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#8958C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#8958C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8958C8

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8958C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8958C8	1.00	4.89	4.29	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2970CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B70C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D6E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8958c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 88, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.169 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af89d9',
    500: '#8958c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8958c8;
$custom-light: #af89d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8958c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.25,
    "s": 50.45,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56623,
    "c": 0.16927,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8958C8

secondary

#C1D5A7

accent

#DA4E9D

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8958C8

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

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