#8960BF#8960BF

#8960BF is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.146 H 301.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8960BF
RGB	rgb(137, 96, 191)
HSL	hsl(266, 43%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(266, 50%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.3%, 49.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.82, 36.21, -43.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.82, 56.96, 309.48°)
OKLab	oklab(57.37% 0.077 -0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(57.37% 0.146 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.9012, 17.4457, 51.3883)
Luminance	0.1745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8960BF #96BF60

analogous

#6067BF #8960BF #B960BF

triadic

#8960BF #BF8960 #60BF89

tetradic

#8960BF #BF6067 #96BF60 #60BFB9

square

#8960BF #BF6067 #96BF60 #60BFB9

split-complementary

#8960BF #BFB960 #67BF60

monochromatic

#4E2F75 #6A41A1 #8960BF #A98CD1 #CAB7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#8960BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#8960BF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8960BF

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8960BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8960BF	1.00	4.68	4.49	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4273C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D74BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F7187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8960bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 96, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.146 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae8ed3',
    500: '#8960bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8960bf;
$custom-light: #ae8ed3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8960bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.895,
    "s": 42.601,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5737,
    "c": 0.1456,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8960BF

secondary

#C0D1AA

accent

#D2559C

background

#FAF8FD

surface

#F5F0FA

border

#CFCBD3

text

#110C14

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8960BF

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

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