#8960EE#8960EE

#8960EE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.204 H 292.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8960EE
RGB	rgb(137, 96, 238)
HSL	hsl(257, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(257, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 59.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.67, 48.46, -66.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.67, 81.97, 306.24°)
OKLab	oklab(60.39% 0.0782 -0.1885)
OKLCH	oklch(60.39% 0.204 292.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.9278, 19.8563, 83.1281)
Luminance	0.1986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8960EE #C5EE60

analogous

#607EEE #8960EE #D060EE

triadic

#8960EE #EE8960 #60EE89

tetradic

#8960EE #EE607E #C5EE60 #60EED0

square

#8960EE #EE607E #C5EE60 #60EED0

split-complementary

#8960EE #EED060 #7EEE60

monochromatic

#4614BF #6029E8 #8960EE #B297F4 #DBCFFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#8960EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#8960EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8960EE

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8960EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8960EE	1.00	4.22	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007DF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0078EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6D809E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8960ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 96, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.204 292.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28ff4',
    500: '#8960ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8960ee;
$custom-light: #b28ff4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8960ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.324,
    "s": 80.682,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60394,
    "c": 0.20412,
    "h": 292.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8960EE

secondary

#DFEDBD

accent

#DD08A0

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#110C17

muted

#807D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8960EE

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

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