#8936B5#8936B5

#8936B5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.196 H 311.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8936B5
RGB	rgb(137, 54, 181)
HSL	hsl(279, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(279, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 70.2%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.07, 55.59, -52.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.07, 76.20, 316.84°)
OKLab	oklab(50.79% 0.1294 -0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(50.79% 0.196 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.9746, 11.2934, 44.8347)
Luminance	0.1129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8936B5 #62B536

analogous

#4936B5 #8936B5 #B536A1

triadic

#8936B5 #B58936 #36B589

tetradic

#8936B5 #B54936 #62B536 #36A1B5

square

#8936B5 #B54936 #62B536 #36A1B5

split-complementary

#8936B5 #A1B536 #36B549

monochromatic

#421A57 #652886 #8936B5 #A65ACE #BF89DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.44

#8936B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.26

#8936B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8936B5

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8936B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8936B5	1.00	6.44	3.26	6.44
#FFFFFF	6.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2560B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#835172

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8936b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 54, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.196 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af74cc',
    500: '#8936b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8936b5;
$custom-light: #af74cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8936b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.213,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50789,
    "c": 0.19604,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8936B5

secondary

#99C681

accent

#DD4A7D

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110913

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8936B5

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

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