#8958E9#8958E9

#8958E9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.209 H 294.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8958E9
RGB	rgb(137, 88, 233)
HSL	hsl(260, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(260, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 62.2%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.71, 51.45, -66.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.71, 84.06, 307.74°)
OKLab	oklab(58.86% 0.0872 -0.1896)
OKLCH	oklch(58.86% 0.209 294.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.5103, 18.1803, 79.0820)
Luminance	0.1818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8958E9 #B8E958

analogous

#586FE9 #8958E9 #D258E9

triadic

#8958E9 #E98958 #58E989

tetradic

#8958E9 #E9586F #B8E958 #58E9D2

square

#8958E9 #E9586F #B8E958 #58E9D2

split-complementary

#8958E9 #E9D258 #6FE958

monochromatic

#4B17AF #6322E2 #8958E9 #AF8EF0 #D5C4F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53

#8958E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.64

#8958E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8958E9

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8958E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8958E9	1.00	4.53	4.64	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0074E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#707999

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8958e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 88, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.209 294.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b289f1',
    500: '#8958e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8958e9;
$custom-light: #b289f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8958e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.276,
    "s": 76.72,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5886,
    "c": 0.20871,
    "h": 294.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8958E9

secondary

#D7E8B4

accent

#D90D94

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C17

muted

#807D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8958E9

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

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