#8959FE#8959FE

#8959FE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.232 H 291.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8959FE
RGB	rgb(137, 89, 254)
HSL	hsl(257, 99%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(257, 65%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.1%, 65%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.40, 56.49, -75.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.40, 94.27, 306.81°)
OKLab	oklab(60.55% 0.0841 -0.2161)
OKLCH	oklch(60.55% 0.232 291.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.7733, 19.6177, 95.8592)
Luminance	0.1962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8959FE #CEFE59

analogous

#597BFE #8959FE #DC59FE

triadic

#8959FE #FE8959 #59FE89

tetradic

#8959FE #FE597B #CEFE59 #59FEDC

square

#8959FE #FE597B #CEFE59 #59FEDC

split-complementary

#8959FE #FEDC59 #7BFE59

monochromatic

#4101DB #5E1CFE #8959FE #B496FE #DFD3FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#8959FE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#8959FE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8959FE

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8959FE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8959FE	1.00	4.26	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007DFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0077FB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6581A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8959fe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 89, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.232 291.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b48bff',
    500: '#8959fe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8959fe;
$custom-light: #b48bff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8959fe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.455,
    "s": 98.802,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6055,
    "c": 0.23187,
    "h": 291.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8959FE

secondary

#E4F3BF

accent

#E600A3

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FF

border

#D0CBD7

text

#120C18

muted

#817D86

Preview Lab

Preview with #8959FE

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

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