#8960CB#8960CB

#8960CB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.161 H 299.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8960CB
RGB	rgb(137, 96, 203)
HSL	hsl(263, 51%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(263, 53%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 52.7%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.49, 39.25, -49.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.49, 63.40, 308.24°)
OKLab	oklab(58.09% 0.078 -0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(58.09% 0.161 299)
XYZ	xyz(25.2763, 17.9957, 58.6302)
Luminance	0.1800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8960CB #A2CB60

analogous

#606CCB #8960CB #BE60CB

triadic

#8960CB #CB8960 #60CB89

tetradic

#8960CB #CB606C #A2CB60 #60CBBE

square

#8960CB #CB606C #A2CB60 #60CBBE

split-complementary

#8960CB #CBBE60 #6CCB60

monochromatic

#4E2C85 #693BB3 #8960CB #AB8EDA #CDBCE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#8960CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#8960CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8960CB

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8960CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8960CB	1.00	4.57	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3776CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4375C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B758C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8960cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 96, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.161 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8edb',
    500: '#8960cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8960cb;
$custom-light: #af8edb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8960cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.991,
    "s": 50.711,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58089,
    "c": 0.16079,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.17996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8960CB

secondary

#C8D9AE

accent

#DA4EA4

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8960CB

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

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