#8959D7#8959D7

#8959D7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.186 H 297.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8959D7
RGB	rgb(137, 89, 215)
HSL	hsl(263, 61%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(263, 59%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.3%, 58.6%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.72, 46.23, -57.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.72, 74.08, 308.61°)
OKLab	oklab(57.76% 0.0869 -0.1644)
OKLCH	oklch(57.76% 0.186 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.1516, 17.3691, 66.2516)
Luminance	0.1737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8959D7 #A7D759

analogous

#5968D7 #8959D7 #C859D7

triadic

#8959D7 #D78959 #59D789

tetradic

#8959D7 #D75968 #A7D759 #59D7C8

square

#8959D7 #D75968 #A7D759 #59D7C8

split-complementary

#8959D7 #D7C859 #68D759

monochromatic

#4E2392 #682FC4 #8959D7 #AC8AE3 #CFBCEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#8959D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#8959D7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8959D7

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8959D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8959D7	1.00	4.69	4.47	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D74DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A72D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77748F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8959d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 89, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.186 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08ae4',
    500: '#8959d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8959d7;
$custom-light: #b08ae4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8959d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.857,
    "s": 61.165,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57757,
    "c": 0.18594,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8959D7

secondary

#CCDEAD

accent

#E444A7

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FC

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8959D7

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

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