#8960CE#8960CE

#8960CE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.165 H 298.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8960CE
RGB	rgb(137, 96, 206)
HSL	hsl(262, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(262, 53%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 53.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.67, 40.02, -51.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.67, 65.01, 307.99°)
OKLab	oklab(58.28% 0.0782 -0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(58.28% 0.165 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.6373, 18.1401, 60.5312)
Luminance	0.1814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8960CE #A5CE60

analogous

#606ECE #8960CE #C060CE

triadic

#8960CE #CE8960 #60CE89

tetradic

#8960CE #CE606E #A5CE60 #60CEC0

square

#8960CE #CE606E #A5CE60 #60CEC0

split-complementary

#8960CE #CEC060 #6ECE60

monochromatic

#4E2A89 #6839B8 #8960CE #AC8FDC #CEBEEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#8960CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#8960CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8960CE

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8960CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8960CE	1.00	4.54	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3476D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4075CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A768E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8960ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 96, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.165 298.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8960ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.364,
    "s": 52.885,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58275,
    "c": 0.16458,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8960CE

secondary

#CADAAF

accent

#DC4CA6

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110C15

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8960CE

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

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