#8959CA#8959CA

#8959CA is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.170 H 300.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8959CA
RGB	rgb(137, 89, 202)
HSL	hsl(265, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(265, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 55.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.91, 42.92, -51.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.91, 67.23, 309.67°)
OKLab	oklab(56.91% 0.0869 -0.1463)
OKLCH	oklch(56.91% 0.17 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.5471, 16.7273, 57.8011)
Luminance	0.1673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8959CA #9ACA59

analogous

#5962CA #8959CA #C259CA

triadic

#8959CA #CA8959 #59CA89

tetradic

#8959CA #CA5962 #9ACA59 #59CAC2

square

#8959CA #CA5962 #9ACA59 #59CAC2

split-complementary

#8959CA #CAC259 #62CA59

monochromatic

#4E2980 #6A38AE #8959CA #AA87D9 #CBB6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#8959CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#8959CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8959CA

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8959CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8959CA	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2971CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B71C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C7089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8959ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 89, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.170 300.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8adb',
    500: '#8959ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8959ca;
$custom-light: #af8adb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8959ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.487,
    "s": 51.598,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56906,
    "c": 0.17019,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8959CA

secondary

#C3D6A8

accent

#DB4D9F

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8959CA

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

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