#8968E6#8968E6

#8968E6 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.183 H 292.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8968E6
RGB	rgb(137, 104, 230)
HSL	hsl(256, 72%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(256, 55%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 54.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.87, 41.83, -59.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.87, 72.89, 305.02°)
OKLab	oklab(61.11% 0.0691 -0.1697)
OKLCH	oklch(61.11% 0.183 292.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.5459, 20.9313, 77.3310)
Luminance	0.2093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8968E6 #C5E668

analogous

#6886E6 #8968E6 #C868E6

triadic

#8968E6 #E68968 #68E689

tetradic

#8968E6 #E66886 #C5E668 #68E6C8

square

#8968E6 #E66886 #C5E668 #68E6C8

split-complementary

#8968E6 #E6C868 #86E668

monochromatic

#461EB6 #6033DD #8968E6 #B29DEF #DBD1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#8968E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#8968E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8968E6

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8968E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8968E6	1.00	4.05	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2980EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#317CE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70839D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8968e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 104, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.183 292.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b094ef',
    500: '#8968e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8968e6;
$custom-light: #b094ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8968e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.714,
    "s": 71.591,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61113,
    "c": 0.18321,
    "h": 292.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8968E6

secondary

#DFEAC0

accent

#D412A1

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F1FD

border

#D0CBD5

text

#110D16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8968E6

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

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