#8959CC#8959CC

#8959CC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.173 H 300.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8959CC
RGB	rgb(137, 89, 204)
HSL	hsl(265, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(265, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.8%, 56.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.04, 43.42, -52.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.04, 68.28, 309.49°)
OKLab	oklab(57.03% 0.087 -0.1491)
OKLCH	oklch(57.03% 0.173 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.7854, 16.8226, 59.0563)
Luminance	0.1682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8959CC #9CCC59

analogous

#5963CC #8959CC #C259CC

triadic

#8959CC #CC8959 #59CC89

tetradic

#8959CC #CC5963 #9CCC59 #59CCC2

square

#8959CC #CC5963 #9CCC59 #59CCC2

split-complementary

#8959CC #CCC259 #63CC59

monochromatic

#4E2883 #6A36B1 #8959CC #AA88DA #CCB7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#8959CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#8959CC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8959CC

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8959CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8959CC	1.00	4.81	4.36	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2672D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3871C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B708A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8959cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 89, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.173 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8adc',
    500: '#8959cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8959cc;
$custom-light: #af8adc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8959cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.043,
    "s": 52.995,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57034,
    "c": 0.17263,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8959CC

secondary

#C4D8A9

accent

#DC4BA0

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8959CC

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

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