#8960EC#8960EC

#8960EC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.202 H 292.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8960EC
RGB	rgb(137, 96, 236)
HSL	hsl(258, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(258, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.9%, 59.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.54, 47.92, -65.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.54, 80.92, 306.31°)
OKLab	oklab(60.26% 0.0783 -0.1859)
OKLCH	oklch(60.26% 0.202 292.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.6356, 19.7394, 81.5893)
Luminance	0.1974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8960EC #C3EC60

analogous

#607DEC #8960EC #CF60EC

triadic

#8960EC #EC8960 #60EC89

tetradic

#8960EC #EC607D #C3EC60 #60ECCF

square

#8960EC #EC607D #C3EC60 #60ECCF

split-complementary

#8960EC #ECCF60 #7DEC60

monochromatic

#4716BB #6029E5 #8960EC #B297F3 #DACDF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#8960EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#8960EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8960EC

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8960EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8960EC	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007DF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0478E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6E7F9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8960ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 96, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.202 292.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28ff3',
    500: '#8960ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8960ec;
$custom-light: #b28ff3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8960ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.571,
    "s": 78.652,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60255,
    "c": 0.2017,
    "h": 292.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8960EC

secondary

#DEECBC

accent

#DB0B9E

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6F0FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110C17

muted

#807D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8960EC

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

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