#8959E4#8959E4

#8959E4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.201 H 295.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8959E4
RGB	rgb(137, 89, 228)
HSL	hsl(261, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(261, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.9%, 61%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.57, 49.61, -63.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.57, 80.88, 307.83°)
OKLab	oklab(58.65% 0.0864 -0.182)
OKLCH	oklch(58.65% 0.201 295.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.8888, 18.0640, 75.4011)
Luminance	0.1807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8959E4 #B4E459

analogous

#596FE4 #8959E4 #CE59E4

triadic

#8959E4 #E48959 #59E489

tetradic

#8959E4 #E4596F #B4E459 #59E4CE

square

#8959E4 #E4596F #B4E459 #59E4CE

split-complementary

#8959E4 #E4CE59 #6FE459

monochromatic

#4C1BA7 #6424DB #8959E4 #AE8EED #D4C2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#8959E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#8959E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8959E4

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8959E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8959E4	1.00	4.55	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0374E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#727896

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8959e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 89, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.201 295.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18aed',
    500: '#8959e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8959e4;
$custom-light: #b18aed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8959e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.719,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5865,
    "c": 0.20148,
    "h": 295.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8959E4

secondary

#D4E6B3

accent

#D41191

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8959E4

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

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