#8958E6#8958E6

#8958E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.205 H 295.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8958E6
RGB	rgb(137, 88, 230)
HSL	hsl(261, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(261, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 61.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.51, 50.67, -65.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.51, 82.51, 307.88°)
OKLab	oklab(58.65% 0.0874 -0.1856)
OKLCH	oklch(58.65% 0.205 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.0854, 18.0104, 76.8442)
Luminance	0.1801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8958E6 #B5E658

analogous

#586EE6 #8958E6 #D058E6

triadic

#8958E6 #E68958 #58E689

tetradic

#8958E6 #E6586E #B5E658 #58E6D0

square

#8958E6 #E6586E #B5E658 #58E6D0

split-complementary

#8958E6 #E6D058 #6EE658

monochromatic

#4B19AA #6323DE #8958E6 #AF8DEE #D4C2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#8958E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#8958E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8958E6

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8958E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8958E6	1.00	4.56	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0074E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#717897

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8958e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 88, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.205 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b189ef',
    500: '#8958e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8958e6;
$custom-light: #b189ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8958e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.704,
    "s": 73.958,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58646,
    "c": 0.20518,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8958E6

secondary

#D5E7B3

accent

#D60F92

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8958E6

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

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