#8931C9#8931C9

#8931C9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.221 H 306.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8931C9
RGB	rgb(137, 49, 201)
HSL	hsl(275, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(275, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.8%, 75.6%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.79, 62.01, -62.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.79, 88.16, 314.70°)
OKLab	oklab(51.75% 0.1309 -0.1783)
OKLCH	oklch(51.75% 0.221 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.9551, 11.7323, 56.3549)
Luminance	0.1173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8931C9 #71C931

analogous

#3D31C9 #8931C9 #C931BD

triadic

#8931C9 #C98931 #31C989

tetradic

#8931C9 #C93D31 #71C931 #31BDC9

square

#8931C9 #C93D31 #71C931 #31BDC9

split-complementary

#8931C9 #BDC931 #31C93D

monochromatic

#461967 #672598 #8931C9 #A55FD8 #C190E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.28

#8931C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#8931C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8931C9

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8931C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8931C9	1.00	6.28	3.35	6.28
#FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005ECD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0061C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E577C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8931c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 49, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.221 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b172da',
    500: '#8931c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8931c9;
$custom-light: #b172da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8931c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.737,
    "s": 60.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5175,
    "c": 0.22115,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8931C9

secondary

#A5CF87

accent

#E44487

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFB

border

#D0C8D4

text

#110915

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8931C9

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

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