#8935B9#8935B9

#8935B9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.201 H 310.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8935B9
RGB	rgb(137, 53, 185)
HSL	hsl(278, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(278, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 71.4%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.19, 56.88, -54.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.19, 78.62, 316.34°)
OKLab	oklab(50.96% 0.1299 -0.1536)
OKLCH	oklch(50.96% 0.201 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.3449, 11.3678, 47.0120)
Luminance	0.1137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8935B9 #65B935

analogous

#4735B9 #8935B9 #B935A7

triadic

#8935B9 #B98935 #35B989

tetradic

#8935B9 #B94735 #65B935 #35A7B9

square

#8935B9 #B94735 #65B935 #35A7B9

split-complementary

#8935B9 #A7B935 #35B947

monochromatic

#431A5A #662789 #8935B9 #A65BD0 #C08BDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.42

#8935B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#8935B9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8935B9

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8935B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8935B9	1.00	6.42	3.27	6.42
#FFFFFF	6.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C60B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#825274

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8935b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 53, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.201 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b074cf',
    500: '#8935b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8935b9;
$custom-light: #b074cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8935b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.182,
    "s": 55.462,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50963,
    "c": 0.20119,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8935B9

secondary

#9BC882

accent

#DF497F

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8935B9

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

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