#8960CD#8960CD

#8960CD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.163 H 298.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8960CD
RGB	rgb(137, 96, 205)
HSL	hsl(263, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(263, 53%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.2%, 53.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.61, 39.76, -50.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.61, 64.48, 308.07°)
OKLab	oklab(58.21% 0.0781 -0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(58.21% 0.163 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.5162, 18.0916, 59.8935)
Luminance	0.1809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8960CD #A4CD60

analogous

#606ECD #8960CD #C060CD

triadic

#8960CD #CD8960 #60CD89

tetradic

#8960CD #CD606E #A4CD60 #60CDC0

square

#8960CD #CD606E #A4CD60 #60CDC0

split-complementary

#8960CD #CDC060 #6ECD60

monochromatic

#4E2B88 #6839B6 #8960CD #AC8FDC #CEBDEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#8960CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#8960CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8960CD

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8960CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8960CD	1.00	4.55	4.62	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3576D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4175CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A758D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8960cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 96, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.163 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8edd',
    500: '#8960cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8960cd;
$custom-light: #af8edd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8960cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.569,
    "s": 52.153,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58213,
    "c": 0.16332,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8960CD

secondary

#CADAAF

accent

#DC4CA6

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8960CD

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

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