#916EE8#916EE8

#916EE8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.177 H 293.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#916EE8
RGB	rgb(145, 110, 232)
HSL	hsl(257, 73%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(257, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.5%, 52.6%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.07, 40.83, -57.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.07, 70.32, 305.50°)
OKLab	oklab(62.95% 0.072 -0.1623)
OKLCH	oklch(62.95% 0.178 293.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.8147, 22.9971, 79.0910)
Luminance	0.2300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#916EE8 #C5E86E

analogous

#6E88E8 #916EE8 #CE6EE8

triadic

#916EE8 #E8916E #6EE891

tetradic

#916EE8 #E86E88 #C5E86E #6EE8CE

square

#916EE8 #E86E88 #C5E86E #6EE8CE

split-complementary

#916EE8 #E8CE6E #88E86E

monochromatic

#4C1EBE #6939E0 #916EE8 #B9A3F0 #E1D8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#916EE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#916EE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #916EE8

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##916EE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##916EE8	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A85EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4282E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B87A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #916ee8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(145, 110, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.177 293.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b698f0',
    500: '#916ee8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #916ee8;
$custom-light: #b698f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#916ee8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 145,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.213,
    "s": 72.619,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62954,
    "c": 0.1775,
    "h": 293.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#916EE8

secondary

#E1ECC6

accent

#D5119C

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120E17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #916EE8

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

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