#8959BF#8959BF

#8959BF is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.157 H 303.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8959BF
RGB	rgb(137, 89, 191)
HSL	hsl(268, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(268, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.3%, 53.4%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.27, 40.18, -46.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.27, 61.40, 310.87°)
OKLab	oklab(56.22% 0.0865 -0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(56.22% 0.157 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.2908, 16.2248, 51.1848)
Luminance	0.1623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8959BF #8FBF59

analogous

#595CBF #8959BF #BC59BF

triadic

#8959BF #BF8959 #59BF89

tetradic

#8959BF #BF595C #8FBF59 #59BFBC

square

#8959BF #BF595C #8FBF59 #59BFBC

split-complementary

#8959BF #BFBC59 #5CBF59

monochromatic

#4D2C72 #6B3D9E #8959BF #A885D0 #C8B1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#8959BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#8959BF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8959BF

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8959BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8959BF	1.00	4.95	4.24	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#366FC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4570BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F6C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8959bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 89, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.157 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae89d3',
    500: '#8959bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8959bf;
$custom-light: #ae89d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8959bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.235,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56221,
    "c": 0.15675,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8959BF

secondary

#BBCFA4

accent

#D45498

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FA

border

#D0CBD3

text

#110C14

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8959BF

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

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