#8958E5#8958E5

#8958E5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.204 H 295.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8958E5
RGB	rgb(137, 88, 229)
HSL	hsl(261, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(261, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.2%, 61.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.44, 50.40, -64.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.44, 81.99, 307.94°)
OKLab	oklab(58.58% 0.0875 -0.1843)
OKLCH	oklch(58.58% 0.204 295.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.9454, 17.9544, 76.1067)
Luminance	0.1795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8958E5 #B4E558

analogous

#586EE5 #8958E5 #D058E5

triadic

#8958E5 #E58958 #58E589

tetradic

#8958E5 #E5586E #B4E558 #58E5D0

square

#8958E5 #E5586E #B4E558 #58E5D0

split-complementary

#8958E5 #E5D058 #6EE558

monochromatic

#4C1AA8 #6423DD #8958E5 #AE8DED #D4C2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#8958E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#8958E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8958E5

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8958E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8958E5	1.00	4.57	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0073E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#717896

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8958e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 88, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.204 295.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b189ee',
    500: '#8958e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8958e5;
$custom-light: #b189ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8958e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.851,
    "s": 73.057,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58575,
    "c": 0.204,
    "h": 295.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8958E5

secondary

#D4E6B3

accent

#D51091

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8958E5

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

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