#8960E1#8960E1

#8960E1 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.188 H 294.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8960E1
RGB	rgb(137, 96, 225)
HSL	hsl(259, 68%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(259, 57%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 57.3%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.83, 44.99, -60.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.83, 75.13, 306.78°)
OKLab	oklab(59.5% 0.0785 -0.1711)
OKLCH	oklch(59.5% 0.188 294.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.0864, 19.1197, 73.4303)
Luminance	0.1912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8960E1 #B8E160

analogous

#6077E1 #8960E1 #CA60E1

triadic

#8960E1 #E18960 #60E189

tetradic

#8960E1 #E16077 #B8E160 #60E1CA

square

#8960E1 #E16077 #B8E160 #60E1CA

split-complementary

#8960E1 #E1CA60 #77E160

monochromatic

#4B20A7 #632DD7 #8960E1 #AF93EB #D5C7F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#8960E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#8960E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8960E1

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8960E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8960E1	1.00	4.35	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#147AE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2877DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#737C97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8960e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 96, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.188 294.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08feb',
    500: '#8960e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8960e1;
$custom-light: #b08feb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8960e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.07,
    "s": 68.254,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59504,
    "c": 0.18824,
    "h": 294.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8960E1

secondary

#D7E6B7

accent

#D01595

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C16

muted

#807D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8960E1

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

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