#8960EF#8960EF

#8960EF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.205 H 292.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8960EF
RGB	rgb(137, 96, 239)
HSL	hsl(257, 82%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(257, 60%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.7%, 59.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.74, 48.73, -66.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.74, 82.49, 306.21°)
OKLab	oklab(60.46% 0.0782 -0.1899)
OKLCH	oklch(60.46% 0.205 292.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.0751, 19.9152, 83.9040)
Luminance	0.1992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8960EF #C6EF60

analogous

#607EEF #8960EF #D060EF

triadic

#8960EF #EF8960 #60EF89

tetradic

#8960EF #EF607E #C6EF60 #60EFD0

square

#8960EF #EF607E #C6EF60 #60EFD0

split-complementary

#8960EF #EFD060 #7EEF60

monochromatic

#4513C1 #6028E9 #8960EF #B298F5 #DCCFFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#8960EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#8960EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8960EF

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8960EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8960EF	1.00	4.21	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007DF4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0079EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C809F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8960ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 96, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.205 292.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b28ff5',
    500: '#8960ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8960ef;
$custom-light: #b28ff5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8960ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.203,
    "s": 81.714,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60464,
    "c": 0.20533,
    "h": 292.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8960EF

secondary

#E0EDBE

accent

#DE07A1

background

#FBF8FF

surface

#F6F0FE

border

#D0CBD6

text

#110C17

muted

#807D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8960EF

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

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