#8958CB#8958CB

#8958CB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.173 H 300.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8958CB
RGB	rgb(137, 88, 203)
HSL	hsl(266, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(266, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 56.7%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.76, 43.72, -52.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.76, 68.37, 309.76°)
OKLab	oklab(56.82% 0.0882 -0.1487)
OKLCH	oklch(56.82% 0.173 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.5832, 16.6095, 58.3991)
Luminance	0.1661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8958CB #9ACB58

analogous

#5861CB #8958CB #C258CB

triadic

#8958CB #CB8958 #58CB89

tetradic

#8958CB #CB5861 #9ACB58 #58CBC2

square

#8958CB #CB5861 #9ACB58 #58CBC2

split-complementary

#8958CB #CBC258 #61CB58

monochromatic

#4E2881 #6A37AF #8958CB #AA87DA #CBB5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#8958CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#8958CB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8958CB

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8958CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8958CB	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2571CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3871C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C6F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8958cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 88, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.173 300.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af89db',
    500: '#8958cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8958cb;
$custom-light: #af89db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8958cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.565,
    "s": 52.511,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56815,
    "c": 0.17291,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8958CB

secondary

#C3D7A8

accent

#DC4C9F

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8958CB

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

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