#8959BC#8959BC

#8959BC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.153 H 304.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8959BC
RGB	rgb(137, 89, 188)
HSL	hsl(269, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(269, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.1%, 52.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.10, 39.44, -44.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.10, 59.81, 311.26°)
OKLab	oklab(56.04% 0.0863 -0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(56.04% 0.153 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.9640, 16.0941, 49.4639)
Luminance	0.1609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8959BC #8CBC59

analogous

#595BBC #8959BC #BB59BC

triadic

#8959BC #BC8959 #59BC89

tetradic

#8959BC #BC595B #8CBC59 #59BCBB

square

#8959BC #BC595B #8CBC59 #59BCBB

split-complementary

#8959BC #BCBB59 #5BBC59

monochromatic

#4C2C6E #6B3E9A #8959BC #A885CE #C7B0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#8959BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#8959BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8959BC

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8959BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8959BC	1.00	4.98	4.22	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#386EBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4770BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#806B82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8959bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 89, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.153 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae89d1',
    500: '#8959bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8959bc;
$custom-light: #ae89d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8959bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.091,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5604,
    "c": 0.15307,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8959BC

secondary

#B9CDA3

accent

#D25696

background

#FAF8FC

surface

#F5F0F9

border

#CFCBD2

text

#110C14

muted

#807D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8959BC

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

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