#8959EA#8959EA

#8959EA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.209 H 294.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8959EA
RGB	rgb(137, 89, 234)
HSL	hsl(260, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(260, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 62%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.98, 51.18, -66.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.98, 84.00, 307.54°)
OKLab	oklab(59.08% 0.0861 -0.19)
OKLCH	oklch(59.08% 0.209 294.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.7362, 18.4029, 79.8640)
Luminance	0.1840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8959EA #BAEA59

analogous

#5971EA #8959EA #D159EA

triadic

#8959EA #EA8959 #59EA89

tetradic

#8959EA #EA5971 #BAEA59 #59EAD1

square

#8959EA #EA5971 #BAEA59 #59EAD1

split-complementary

#8959EA #EAD159 #71EA59

monochromatic

#4A17B2 #6223E3 #8959EA #B08FF1 #D6C6F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#8959EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#8959EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8959EA

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8959EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8959EA	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0078EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0074E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F7A99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8959ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 89, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.209 294.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28af2',
    500: '#8959ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8959ea;
$custom-light: #b28af2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8959ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.862,
    "s": 77.54,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59075,
    "c": 0.20858,
    "h": 294.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8959EA

secondary

#D8E9B6

accent

#DA0C96

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C17

muted

#807D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8959EA

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

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