#8958CE#8958CE

#8958CE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.177 H 300.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8958CE
RGB	rgb(137, 88, 206)
HSL	hsl(265, 55%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(265, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 57.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.95, 44.48, -53.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.95, 69.95, 309.49°)
OKLab	oklab(57.01% 0.0882 -0.1529)
OKLCH	oklch(57.01% 0.177 300)
XYZ	xyz(24.9441, 16.7539, 60.3002)
Luminance	0.1675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8958CE #9DCE58

analogous

#5862CE #8958CE #C458CE

triadic

#8958CE #CE8958 #58CE89

tetradic

#8958CE #CE5862 #9DCE58 #58CEC4

square

#8958CE #CE5862 #9DCE58 #58CEC4

split-complementary

#8958CE #CEC458 #62CE58

monochromatic

#4E2785 #6A35B4 #8958CE #AA87DC #CCB7EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#8958CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#8958CE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8958CE

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8958CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8958CE	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2071D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3571CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A708B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8958ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 88, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.177 300.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af89de',
    500: '#8958ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8958ce;
$custom-light: #af89de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8958ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.915,
    "s": 54.63,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57009,
    "c": 0.17653,
    "h": 300
  },
  "luminance": 0.16754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8958CE

secondary

#C5D9A9

accent

#DE4AA0

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8958CE

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

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