#8958EF#8958EF

#8958EF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.216 H 293.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8958EF
RGB	rgb(137, 88, 239)
HSL	hsl(259, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(259, 63%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.7%, 63.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.13, 53.03, -69.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.13, 87.16, 307.47°)
OKLab	oklab(59.29% 0.0867 -0.1975)
OKLCH	oklch(59.29% 0.216 293.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.3820, 18.5290, 83.6730)
Luminance	0.1853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8958EF #BEEF58

analogous

#5873EF #8958EF #D558EF

triadic

#8958EF #EF8958 #58EF89

tetradic

#8958EF #EF5873 #BEEF58 #58EFD5

square

#8958EF #EF5873 #BEEF58 #58EFD5

split-complementary

#8958EF #EFD558 #73EF58

monochromatic

#4912BB #6220EA #8958EF #B090F4 #D8C8FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#8958EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#8958EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8958EF

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8958EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8958EF	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079F4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0075EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6D7B9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8958ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 88, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.216 293.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28af5',
    500: '#8958ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8958ef;
$custom-light: #b28af5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8958ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.47,
    "s": 82.514,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59294,
    "c": 0.21573,
    "h": 293.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8958EF

secondary

#DBECB7

accent

#DF0799

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FF

border

#D0CBD7

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8958EF

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

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