#8966EB#8966EB

#8966EB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.192 H 291.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8966EB
RGB	rgb(137, 102, 235)
HSL	hsl(256, 77%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(256, 57%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.7%, 56.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.75, 44.32, -62.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.75, 76.78, 305.26°)
OKLab	oklab(61.12% 0.0715 -0.1785)
OKLCH	oklch(61.12% 0.192 291.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.0592, 20.8184, 81.0157)
Luminance	0.2082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8966EB #C8EB66

analogous

#6685EB #8966EB #CB66EB

triadic

#8966EB #EB8966 #66EB89

tetradic

#8966EB #EB6685 #C8EB66 #66EBCB

square

#8966EB #EB6685 #C8EB66 #66EBCB

split-complementary

#8966EB #EBCB66 #85EB66

monochromatic

#4419BE #5F30E4 #8966EB #B39CF2 #DCD2F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#8966EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#8966EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8966EB

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8966EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8966EB	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1580EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#237BE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6E839F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8966eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 102, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.192 291.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b193f2',
    500: '#8966eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8966eb;
$custom-light: #b193f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8966eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 102,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.789,
    "s": 76.879,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61121,
    "c": 0.19229,
    "h": 291.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8966EB

secondary

#E1ECC1

accent

#D90CA3

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F1FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110D17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8966EB

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

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