#8959B2#8959B2

#8959B2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.141 H 307.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8959B2
RGB	rgb(137, 89, 178)
HSL	hsl(272, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(272, 50%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 50%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.55, 37.03, -40.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.55, 54.51, 312.79°)
OKLab	oklab(55.45% 0.0854 -0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(55.45% 0.141 307.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.9232, 15.6777, 43.9820)
Luminance	0.1568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8959B2 #82B259

analogous

#5D59B2 #8959B2 #B259AE

triadic

#8959B2 #B28959 #59B289

tetradic

#8959B2 #B25D59 #82B259 #59AEB2

square

#8959B2 #B25D59 #82B259 #59AEB2

split-complementary

#8959B2 #AEB259 #59B25D

monochromatic

#4A2E63 #6A418D #8959B2 #A783C5 #C4ADD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#8959B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#8959B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8959B2

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8959B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8959B2	1.00	5.08	4.14	5.08
#FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#406CB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E6FB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83687D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8959b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 89, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.141 307.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad89c9',
    500: '#8959b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8959b2;
$custom-light: #ad89c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8959b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.36,
    "s": 36.626,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55454,
    "c": 0.1408,
    "h": 307.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8959B2

secondary

#B2C7A0

accent

#CD5B8F

background

#FAF8FC

surface

#F5F0F8

border

#CFCBD1

text

#100C13

muted

#7F7D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8959B2

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

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