#8958CC#8958CC

#8958CC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.174 H 300.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8958CC
RGB	rgb(137, 88, 204)
HSL	hsl(265, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(265, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.8%, 56.9%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.83, 43.98, -53.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.83, 68.90, 309.66°)
OKLab	oklab(56.88% 0.0882 -0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(56.88% 0.174 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.7027, 16.6573, 59.0288)
Luminance	0.1666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8958CC #9BCC58

analogous

#5861CC #8958CC #C358CC

triadic

#8958CC #CC8958 #58CC89

tetradic

#8958CC #CC5861 #9BCC58 #58CCC3

square

#8958CC #CC5861 #9BCC58 #58CCC3

split-complementary

#8958CC #CCC358 #61CC58

monochromatic

#4E2882 #6A36B1 #8958CC #AA87DA #CBB6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#8958CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#8958CC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8958CC

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8958CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8958CC	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2371D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3771C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B6F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8958cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 88, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.174 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af89dc',
    500: '#8958cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8958cc;
$custom-light: #af89dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8958cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.345,
    "s": 53.211,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56879,
    "c": 0.17412,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8958CC

secondary

#C4D7A8

accent

#DD4B9F

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8958CC

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

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