#8958CD#8958CD

#8958CD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.175 H 300.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8958CD
RGB	rgb(137, 88, 205)
HSL	hsl(265, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(265, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.2%, 57.1%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.89, 44.23, -53.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.89, 69.42, 309.57°)
OKLab	oklab(56.94% 0.0882 -0.1515)
OKLCH	oklch(56.94% 0.175 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.8231, 16.7054, 59.6625)
Luminance	0.1671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8958CD #9CCD58

analogous

#5862CD #8958CD #C358CD

triadic

#8958CD #CD8958 #58CD89

tetradic

#8958CD #CD5862 #9CCD58 #58CDC3

square

#8958CD #CD5862 #9CCD58 #58CDC3

split-complementary

#8958CD #CDC358 #62CD58

monochromatic

#4E2783 #6A35B2 #8958CD #AA87DB #CCB6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#8958CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#8958CD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8958CD

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8958CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8958CD	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2271D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3671CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B708A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8958cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 88, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.175 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af89dd',
    500: '#8958cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8958cd;
$custom-light: #af89dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8958cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.128,
    "s": 53.917,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56944,
    "c": 0.17532,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8958CD

secondary

#C4D8A9

accent

#DD4BA0

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8958CD

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

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