#8959D5#8959D5

#8959D5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.184 H 298.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8959D5
RGB	rgb(137, 89, 213)
HSL	hsl(263, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(263, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 58.2%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.59, 45.72, -56.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.59, 73.03, 308.76°)
OKLab	oklab(57.62% 0.087 -0.1616)
OKLCH	oklch(57.62% 0.184 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.8962, 17.2669, 64.9064)
Luminance	0.1727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8959D5 #A5D559

analogous

#5967D5 #8959D5 #C759D5

triadic

#8959D5 #D58959 #59D589

tetradic

#8959D5 #D55967 #A5D559 #59D5C7

square

#8959D5 #D55967 #A5D559 #59D5C7

split-complementary

#8959D5 #D5C759 #67D559

monochromatic

#4E248F #6831C0 #8959D5 #AC8AE1 #CEBBEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#8959D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#8959D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8959D5

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8959D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8959D5	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1474D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D72D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78738E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8959d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 89, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.184 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08ae3',
    500: '#8959d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8959d5;
$custom-light: #b08ae3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8959d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.226,
    "s": 59.615,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57623,
    "c": 0.18354,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8959D5

secondary

#CADDAD

accent

#E345A6

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C15

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8959D5

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

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