#8959ED#8959ED

#8959ED is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.212 H 293.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8959ED
RGB	rgb(137, 89, 237)
HSL	hsl(259, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(259, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.2%, 62.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.19, 51.97, -67.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.19, 85.55, 307.41°)
OKLab	oklab(59.29% 0.0858 -0.194)
OKLCH	oklch(59.29% 0.212 293.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.1708, 18.5768, 82.1531)
Luminance	0.1858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8959ED #BDED59

analogous

#5973ED #8959ED #D359ED

triadic

#8959ED #ED8959 #59ED89

tetradic

#8959ED #ED5973 #BDED59 #59EDD3

square

#8959ED #ED5973 #BDED59 #59EDD3

split-complementary

#8959ED #EDD359 #73ED59

monochromatic

#4914B8 #6222E7 #8959ED #B090F3 #D7C7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#8959ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#8959ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8959ED

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8959ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8959ED	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0075EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6E7B9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8959ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 89, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.212 293.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28af4',
    500: '#8959ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8959ed;
$custom-light: #b28af4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8959ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.459,
    "s": 80.435,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59291,
    "c": 0.21211,
    "h": 293.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8959ED

secondary

#DAEBB7

accent

#DD0998

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8959ED

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

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