#8959FF#8959FF

#8959FF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.233 H 291.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8959FF
RGB	rgb(137, 89, 255)
HSL	hsl(257, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(257, 65%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.3%, 65.1%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.48, 56.75, -75.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.48, 94.78, 306.78°)
OKLab	oklab(60.63% 0.084 -0.2174)
OKLCH	oklch(60.63% 0.233 291.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.9338, 19.6820, 96.7048)
Luminance	0.1968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8959FF #CFFF59

analogous

#597CFF #8959FF #DC59FF

triadic

#8959FF #FF8959 #59FF89

tetradic

#8959FF #FF597C #CFFF59 #59FFDC

square

#8959FF #FF597C #CFFF59 #59FFDC

split-complementary

#8959FF #FFDC59 #7CFF59

monochromatic

#4000DE #5D1CFF #8959FF #B596FF #E0D3FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#8959FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#8959FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8959FF

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8959FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8959FF	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007DFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0077FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6481A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8959ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 89, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.233 291.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8959ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.349,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60626,
    "c": 0.23302,
    "h": 291.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8959FF

secondary

#E5F4C0

accent

#E600A3

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FF

border

#D0CBD7

text

#120C18

muted

#817D86

Preview Lab

Preview with #8959FF

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

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