#8959EF#8959EF

#8959EF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.214 H 293.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8959EF
RGB	rgb(137, 89, 239)
HSL	hsl(259, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(259, 63%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.7%, 62.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.33, 52.50, -68.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.33, 86.59, 307.33°)
OKLab	oklab(59.44% 0.0857 -0.1966)
OKLCH	oklch(59.44% 0.214 293.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.4647, 18.6943, 83.7006)
Luminance	0.1870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8959EF #BFEF59

analogous

#5974EF #8959EF #D459EF

triadic

#8959EF #EF8959 #59EF89

tetradic

#8959EF #EF5974 #BFEF59 #59EFD4

square

#8959EF #EF5974 #BFEF59 #59EFD4

split-complementary

#8959EF #EFD459 #74EF59

monochromatic

#4812BC #6121EA #8959EF #B191F4 #D8C9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#8959EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#8959EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8959EF

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8959EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8959EF	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079F4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0075EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6D7C9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8959ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 89, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.214 293.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28af5',
    500: '#8959ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8959ef;
$custom-light: #b28af5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8959ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.2,
    "s": 82.418,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59436,
    "c": 0.21446,
    "h": 293.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8959EF

secondary

#DBECB8

accent

#DF079A

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FF

border

#D0CBD7

text

#120C17

muted

#817D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8959EF

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

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