#8966CD#8966CD

#8966CD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.154 H 297.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8966CD
RGB	rgb(137, 102, 205)
HSL	hsl(260, 51%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(260, 50%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.2%, 50.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.95, 36.33, -48.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.95, 60.69, 306.78°)
OKLab	oklab(59.21% 0.0703 -0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(59.21% 0.154 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.0846, 19.2285, 60.0830)
Luminance	0.1923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8966CD #AACD66

analogous

#6677CD #8966CD #BC66CD

triadic

#8966CD #CD8966 #66CD89

tetradic

#8966CD #CD6677 #AACD66 #66CDBC

square

#8966CD #CD6677 #AACD66 #66CDBC

split-complementary

#8966CD #CDBC66 #77CD66

monochromatic

#4D2D8B #673DB9 #8966CD #AD94DC #D0C2EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#8966CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#8966CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8966CD

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8966CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8966CD	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#417AD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4978CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A7A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8966cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 102, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.154 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af92dd',
    500: '#8966cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8966cd;
$custom-light: #af92dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8966cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 102,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.388,
    "s": 50.739,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59213,
    "c": 0.15411,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8966CD

secondary

#CEDBB4

accent

#BE278B

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F1FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#110D15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8966CD

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

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