#8936B8#8936B8

#8936B8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.199 H 310.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8936B8
RGB	rgb(137, 54, 184)
HSL	hsl(278, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(278, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.5%, 70.7%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.28, 56.24, -53.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.28, 77.66, 316.40°)
OKLab	oklab(51% 0.129 -0.1515)
OKLCH	oklch(51% 0.199 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.2858, 11.4178, 46.4733)
Luminance	0.1142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8936B8 #65B836

analogous

#4836B8 #8936B8 #B836A6

triadic

#8936B8 #B88936 #36B889

tetradic

#8936B8 #B84836 #65B836 #36A6B8

square

#8936B8 #B84836 #65B836 #36A6B8

split-complementary

#8936B8 #A6B836 #36B848

monochromatic

#431A59 #662889 #8936B8 #A65CCF #C08BDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.40

#8936B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.28

#8936B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8936B8

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8936B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8936B8	1.00	6.40	3.28	6.40
#FFFFFF	6.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2060B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#835373

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8936b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 54, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.199 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b074ce',
    500: '#8936b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8936b8;
$custom-light: #b074ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8936b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.308,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51,
    "c": 0.199,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8936B8

secondary

#9BC782

accent

#DE4A7F

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8936B8

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

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