#8959CF#8959CF

#8959CF is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.176 H 299.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8959CF
RGB	rgb(137, 89, 207)
HSL	hsl(264, 55%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(264, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.8%, 57%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.22, 44.18, -54.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.22, 69.87, 309.23°)
OKLab	oklab(57.23% 0.087 -0.1533)
OKLCH	oklch(57.23% 0.176 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.1487, 16.9679, 60.9696)
Luminance	0.1697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8959CF #9FCF59

analogous

#5964CF #8959CF #C459CF

triadic

#8959CF #CF8959 #59CF89

tetradic

#8959CF #CF5964 #9FCF59 #59CFC4

square

#8959CF #CF5964 #9FCF59 #59CFC4

split-complementary

#8959CF #CFC459 #64CF59

monochromatic

#4E2787 #6935B6 #8959CF #AB88DD #CCB8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#8959CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#8959CF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8959CF

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8959CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8959CF	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2172D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3572CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A718B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8959cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 89, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.176 299.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8959cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.407,
    "s": 55.14,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57228,
    "c": 0.17628,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8959CF

secondary

#C6D9AA

accent

#DE49A2

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8959CF

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

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