#8959EC#8959EC

#8959EC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.211 H 294.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8959EC
RGB	rgb(137, 89, 236)
HSL	hsl(260, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(260, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.9%, 62.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.12, 51.71, -67.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.12, 85.04, 307.45°)
OKLab	oklab(59.22% 0.0859 -0.1926)
OKLCH	oklch(59.22% 0.211 294)
XYZ	xyz(29.0252, 18.5185, 81.3858)
Luminance	0.1852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8959EC #BCEC59

analogous

#5972EC #8959EC #D259EC

triadic

#8959EC #EC8959 #59EC89

tetradic

#8959EC #EC5972 #BCEC59 #59ECD2

square

#8959EC #EC5972 #BCEC59 #59ECD2

split-complementary

#8959EC #ECD259 #72EC59

monochromatic

#4915B6 #6222E6 #8959EC #B090F2 #D7C7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#8959EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#8959EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8959EC

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8959EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8959EC	1.00	4.46	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0075E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6E7B9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8959ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 89, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.211 294.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28af3',
    500: '#8959ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8959ec;
$custom-light: #b28af3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8959ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.592,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59219,
    "c": 0.21093,
    "h": 294
  },
  "luminance": 0.18519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8959EC

secondary

#D9EAB6

accent

#DC0A97

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8959EC

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

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