#8959E7#8959E7

#8959E7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.205 H 294.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8959E7
RGB	rgb(137, 89, 231)
HSL	hsl(260, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(260, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 61.5%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.78, 50.39, -65.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.78, 82.44, 307.68°)
OKLab	oklab(58.86% 0.0863 -0.186)
OKLCH	oklch(58.86% 0.205 294.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.3089, 18.2320, 77.6134)
Luminance	0.1823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8959E7 #B7E759

analogous

#5970E7 #8959E7 #D059E7

triadic

#8959E7 #E78959 #59E789

tetradic

#8959E7 #E75970 #B7E759 #59E7D0

square

#8959E7 #E75970 #B7E759 #59E7D0

split-complementary

#8959E7 #E7D059 #70E759

monochromatic

#4B19AD #6324DF #8959E7 #AF8EEF #D5C4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#8959E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#8959E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8959E7

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8959E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8959E7	1.00	4.52	4.65	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0074E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#707998

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8959e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 89, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.205 294.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18aef',
    500: '#8959e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8959e7;
$custom-light: #b18aef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8959e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.282,
    "s": 74.737,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58862,
    "c": 0.20504,
    "h": 294.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8959E7

secondary

#D6E8B4

accent

#D70F93

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C17

muted

#807D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8959E7

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

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