#8959CE#8959CE

#8959CE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.175 H 299.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8959CE
RGB	rgb(137, 89, 206)
HSL	hsl(265, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(265, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 56.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.16, 43.93, -53.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.16, 69.34, 309.31°)
OKLab	oklab(57.16% 0.087 -0.1519)
OKLCH	oklch(57.16% 0.175 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.0268, 16.9192, 60.3278)
Luminance	0.1692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8959CE #9ECE59

analogous

#5963CE #8959CE #C359CE

triadic

#8959CE #CE8959 #59CE89

tetradic

#8959CE #CE5963 #9ECE59 #59CEC3

square

#8959CE #CE5963 #9ECE59 #59CEC3

split-complementary

#8959CE #CEC359 #63CE59

monochromatic

#4E2785 #6935B5 #8959CE #AB88DC #CCB8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#8959CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#8959CE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8959CE

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8959CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8959CE	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2372D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3671CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A718B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8959ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 89, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.175 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8ade',
    500: '#8959ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8959ce;
$custom-light: #af8ade;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8959ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.615,
    "s": 54.419,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57163,
    "c": 0.17506,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8959CE

secondary

#C6D9AA

accent

#DE4AA1

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8959CE

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

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