#8959CD#8959CD

#8959CD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.174 H 300.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8959CD
RGB	rgb(137, 89, 205)
HSL	hsl(265, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(265, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.2%, 56.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.10, 43.68, -53.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.10, 68.81, 309.40°)
OKLab	oklab(57.1% 0.087 -0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(57.1% 0.174 300)
XYZ	xyz(24.9057, 16.8707, 59.6900)
Luminance	0.1687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8959CD #9DCD59

analogous

#5963CD #8959CD #C359CD

triadic

#8959CD #CD8959 #59CD89

tetradic

#8959CD #CD5963 #9DCD59 #59CDC3

square

#8959CD #CD5963 #9DCD59 #59CDC3

split-complementary

#8959CD #CDC359 #63CD59

monochromatic

#4E2884 #6A36B3 #8959CD #AA88DB #CCB7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#8959CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#8959CD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8959CD

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8959CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8959CD	1.00	4.80	4.37	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2572D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3771CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B708A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8959cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 89, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.174 300.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8add',
    500: '#8959cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8959cd;
$custom-light: #af8add;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8959cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.828,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57099,
    "c": 0.17384,
    "h": 300
  },
  "luminance": 0.16871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8959CD

secondary

#C5D8AA

accent

#DD4BA1

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8959CD

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

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