#8959BE#8959BE

#8959BE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.156 H 303.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8959BE
RGB	rgb(137, 89, 190)
HSL	hsl(269, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(269, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.9%, 53.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.21, 39.93, -45.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.21, 60.87, 311.00°)
OKLab	oklab(56.16% 0.0864 -0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(56.16% 0.156 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.1811, 16.1809, 50.6072)
Luminance	0.1618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8959BE #8EBE59

analogous

#595CBE #8959BE #BC59BE

triadic

#8959BE #BE8959 #59BE89

tetradic

#8959BE #BE595C #8EBE59 #59BEBC

square

#8959BE #BE595C #8EBE59 #59BEBC

split-complementary

#8959BE #BEBC59 #5CBE59

monochromatic

#4D2C71 #6B3D9D #8959BE #A885CF #C8B1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#8959BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#8959BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8959BE

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8959BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8959BE	1.00	4.96	4.24	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#376FC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4670BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#806C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8959be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 89, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.156 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae89d2',
    500: '#8959be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8959be;
$custom-light: #ae89d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8959be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.515,
    "s": 43.723,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5616,
    "c": 0.15553,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8959BE

secondary

#BACFA4

accent

#D35497

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F6F0F9

border

#D0CBD2

text

#110C14

muted

#807D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8959BE

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

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