#8959F7#8959F7

#8959F7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.224 H 292.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8959F7
RGB	rgb(137, 89, 247)
HSL	hsl(258, 91%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(258, 64%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.5%, 64%, 0%, 3.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.89, 54.62, -72.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.89, 90.70, 307.03°)
OKLab	oklab(60.02% 0.0849 -0.2071)
OKLCH	oklch(60.02% 0.224 292.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.6728, 19.1775, 90.0632)
Luminance	0.1918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8959F7 #C7F759

analogous

#5978F7 #8959F7 #D859F7

triadic

#8959F7 #F78959 #59F789

tetradic

#8959F7 #F75978 #C7F759 #59F7D8

square

#8959F7 #F75978 #C7F759 #59F7D8

split-complementary

#8959F7 #F7D859 #78F759

monochromatic

#450ACC #5F1FF4 #8959F7 #B393FA #DCCEFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#8959F7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#8959F7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8959F7

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8959F7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8959F7	1.00	4.34	4.84	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BFC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0076F4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#697FA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8959f7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 89, 247);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.224 292.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b38afb',
    500: '#8959f7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8959f7;
$custom-light: #b38afb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8959f7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 247
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.228,
    "s": 90.805,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60024,
    "c": 0.22379,
    "h": 292.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8959F7

secondary

#E0F0BC

accent

#E600A0

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FF

border

#D0CBD7

text

#120C18

muted

#817D86

Preview Lab

Preview with #8959F7

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

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