#8959EE#8959EE

#8959EE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.213 H 293.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8959EE
RGB	rgb(137, 89, 238)
HSL	hsl(259, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(259, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 62.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.26, 52.24, -68.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.26, 86.07, 307.37°)
OKLab	oklab(59.36% 0.0857 -0.1953)
OKLCH	oklch(59.36% 0.213 293.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.3174, 18.6354, 82.9247)
Luminance	0.1864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8959EE #BEEE59

analogous

#5974EE #8959EE #D459EE

triadic

#8959EE #EE8959 #59EE89

tetradic

#8959EE #EE5974 #BEEE59 #59EED4

square

#8959EE #EE5974 #BEEE59 #59EED4

split-complementary

#8959EE #EED459 #74EE59

monochromatic

#4913BA #6221E8 #8959EE #B091F4 #D8C8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#8959EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#8959EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8959EE

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8959EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8959EE	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0075EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6D7B9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8959ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 89, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.213 293.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8959ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.329,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59363,
    "c": 0.21328,
    "h": 293.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8959EE

secondary

#DBEBB7

accent

#DE0899

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8959EE

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

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