#8959E5#8959E5

#8959E5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.203 H 295.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8959E5
RGB	rgb(137, 89, 229)
HSL	hsl(261, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(261, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.2%, 61.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.64, 49.87, -64.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.64, 81.40, 307.78°)
OKLab	oklab(58.72% 0.0864 -0.1833)
OKLCH	oklch(58.72% 0.203 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.0280, 18.1197, 76.1343)
Luminance	0.1812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8959E5 #B5E559

analogous

#596FE5 #8959E5 #CF59E5

triadic

#8959E5 #E58959 #59E589

tetradic

#8959E5 #E5596F #B5E559 #59E5CF

square

#8959E5 #E5596F #B5E559 #59E5CF

split-complementary

#8959E5 #E5CF59 #6FE559

monochromatic

#4B1AA9 #6324DD #8959E5 #AF8EED #D4C3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#8959E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#8959E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8959E5

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8959E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8959E5	1.00	4.54	4.62	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0077E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0074E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#717897

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8959e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 89, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.203 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18aee',
    500: '#8959e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8959e5;
$custom-light: #b18aee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8959e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.571,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5872,
    "c": 0.20267,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8959E5

secondary

#D5E6B3

accent

#D51092

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8959E5

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

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