#8960B2#8960B2

#8960B2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.129 H 305.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8960B2
RGB	rgb(137, 96, 178)
HSL	hsl(270, 35%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(270, 46%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 46.1%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.13, 33.03, -37.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.13, 49.97, 311.37°)
OKLab	oklab(56.64% 0.0754 -0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(56.64% 0.129 305.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.5336, 16.8986, 44.1855)
Luminance	0.1690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8960B2 #89B260

analogous

#6060B2 #8960B2 #B260B2

triadic

#8960B2 #B28960 #60B289

tetradic

#8960B2 #B26060 #89B260 #60B2B2

square

#8960B2 #B26060 #89B260 #60B2B2

split-complementary

#8960B2 #B2B260 #60B260

monochromatic

#4C3166 #6A458F #8960B2 #A889C6 #C6B2DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#8960B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#8960B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8960B2

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8960B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8960B2	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B71B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5572B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#836E80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8960b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 96, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.129 305.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad8ec9',
    500: '#8960b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8960b2;
$custom-light: #ad8ec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8960b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 34.746,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56636,
    "c": 0.12904,
    "h": 305.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8960B2

secondary

#B7C8A5

accent

#CB5D94

background

#FAF8FC

surface

#F4F0F8

border

#CECBD1

text

#100C13

muted

#7F7D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8960B2

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

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