#8960E9#8960E9

#8960E9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.198 H 293.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8960E9
RGB	rgb(137, 96, 233)
HSL	hsl(258, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(258, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 58.8%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.34, 47.12, -63.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.34, 79.35, 306.43°)
OKLab	oklab(60.05% 0.0784 -0.1819)
OKLCH	oklch(60.05% 0.198 293.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.2034, 19.5665, 79.3131)
Luminance	0.1957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8960E9 #C0E960

analogous

#607CE9 #8960E9 #CE60E9

triadic

#8960E9 #E98960 #60E989

tetradic

#8960E9 #E9607C #C0E960 #60E9CE

square

#8960E9 #E9607C #C0E960 #60E9CE

split-complementary

#8960E9 #E9CE60 #7CE960

monochromatic

#4819B5 #612AE2 #8960E9 #B196F0 #D9CCF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#8960E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#8960E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8960E9

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8960E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8960E9	1.00	4.27	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1478E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F7E9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8960e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 96, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.198 293.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b18ff1',
    500: '#8960e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8960e9;
$custom-light: #b18ff1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8960e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.956,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60047,
    "c": 0.19804,
    "h": 293.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8960E9

secondary

#DCEABB

accent

#D80E9B

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C17

muted

#807D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8960E9

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

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