#8959CB#8959CB

#8959CB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.171 H 300.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8959CB
RGB	rgb(137, 89, 203)
HSL	hsl(265, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(265, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 56.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.98, 43.17, -52.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.98, 67.75, 309.58°)
OKLab	oklab(56.97% 0.087 -0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(56.97% 0.171 300.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.6658, 16.7748, 58.4267)
Luminance	0.1678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8959CB #9BCB59

analogous

#5962CB #8959CB #C259CB

triadic

#8959CB #CB8959 #59CB89

tetradic

#8959CB #CB5962 #9BCB59 #59CBC2

square

#8959CB #CB5962 #9BCB59 #59CBC2

split-complementary

#8959CB #CBC259 #62CB59

monochromatic

#4E2881 #6A37B0 #8959CB #AA88DA #CBB6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#8959CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#8959CB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8959CB

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8959CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8959CB	1.00	4.82	4.35	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2871CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A71C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B7089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8959cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 89, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.171 300.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8959cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.263,
    "s": 52.294,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5697,
    "c": 0.17142,
    "h": 300.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8959CB

secondary

#C4D7A9

accent

#DC4C9F

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8959CB

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

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