#8959E8#8959E8

#8959E8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.206 H 294.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8959E8
RGB	rgb(137, 89, 232)
HSL	hsl(260, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(260, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 61.6%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.84, 50.66, -65.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.84, 82.96, 307.63°)
OKLab	oklab(58.93% 0.0862 -0.1873)
OKLCH	oklch(58.93% 0.206 294.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.4505, 18.2886, 78.3594)
Luminance	0.1829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8959E8 #B8E859

analogous

#5970E8 #8959E8 #D059E8

triadic

#8959E8 #E88959 #59E889

tetradic

#8959E8 #E85970 #B8E859 #59E8D0

square

#8959E8 #E85970 #B8E859 #59E8D0

split-complementary

#8959E8 #E8D059 #70E859

monochromatic

#4B18AE #6323E1 #8959E8 #AF8FEF #D5C5F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#8959E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#8959E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8959E8

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8959E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8959E8	1.00	4.51	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0074E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#707998

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8959e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 89, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.206 294.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28af0',
    500: '#8959e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8959e8;
$custom-light: #b28af0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8959e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.14,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58933,
    "c": 0.20622,
    "h": 294.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8959E8

secondary

#D7E8B5

accent

#D80E94

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C17

muted

#807D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8959E8

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

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