#8936C3#8936C3

#8936C3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.210 H 307.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8936C3
RGB	rgb(137, 54, 195)
HSL	hsl(275, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(275, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.7%, 72.3%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.05, 58.66, -58.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.05, 83.02, 314.96°)
OKLab	oklab(51.8% 0.1274 -0.1668)
OKLCH	oklch(51.8% 0.21 307.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.4839, 11.8971, 52.7838)
Luminance	0.1190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8936C3 #70C336

analogous

#4236C3 #8936C3 #C336B7

triadic

#8936C3 #C38936 #36C389

tetradic

#8936C3 #C34236 #70C336 #36B7C3

square

#8936C3 #C34236 #70C336 #36B7C3

split-complementary

#8936C3 #B7C336 #36C342

monochromatic

#461B63 #672993 #8936C3 #A563D4 #C192E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.21

#8936C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#8936C3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8936C3

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8936C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8936C3	1.00	6.21	3.38	6.21
#FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005EC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0061C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F5779

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8936c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 54, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.210 307.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b075d6',
    500: '#8936c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8936c3;
$custom-light: #b075d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8936c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.319,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51798,
    "c": 0.20986,
    "h": 307.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8936C3

secondary

#A4CC89

accent

#E04886

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#110914

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8936C3

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

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