#8966E5#8966E5

#8966E5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.185 H 292.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8966E5
RGB	rgb(137, 102, 229)
HSL	hsl(257, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(257, 55%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.2%, 55.5%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.37, 42.70, -59.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.37, 73.59, 305.46°)
OKLab	oklab(60.72% 0.0715 -0.1704)
OKLCH	oklch(60.72% 0.185 292.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.2070, 20.4775, 76.5273)
Luminance	0.2048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8966E5 #C2E566

analogous

#6683E5 #8966E5 #C866E5

triadic

#8966E5 #E58966 #66E589

tetradic

#8966E5 #E56683 #C2E566 #66E5C8

square

#8966E5 #E56683 #C2E566 #66E5C8

split-complementary

#8966E5 #E5C866 #83E566

monochromatic

#471EB2 #6132DC #8966E5 #B19AEE #DACFF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#8966E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#8966E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8966E5

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8966E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8966E5	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#247FE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E7BE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71819C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8966e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 102, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.185 292.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b193ee',
    500: '#8966e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8966e5;
$custom-light: #b193ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8966e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 102,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.535,
    "s": 70.95,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60722,
    "c": 0.18477,
    "h": 292.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8966E5

secondary

#DDE9BE

accent

#D3139E

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F1FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110D16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8966E5

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

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