#8936C4#8936C4

#8936C4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.211 H 307.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8936C4
RGB	rgb(137, 54, 196)
HSL	hsl(275, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(275, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.1%, 72.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.12, 58.88, -59.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.12, 83.51, 314.84°)
OKLab	oklab(51.87% 0.1272 -0.1681)
OKLCH	oklch(51.87% 0.211 307.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.5974, 11.9425, 53.3812)
Luminance	0.1194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8936C4 #71C436

analogous

#4236C4 #8936C4 #C436B8

triadic

#8936C4 #C48936 #36C489

tetradic

#8936C4 #C44236 #71C436 #36B8C4

square

#8936C4 #C44236 #71C436 #36B8C4

split-complementary

#8936C4 #B8C436 #36C442

monochromatic

#461C64 #672994 #8936C4 #A563D4 #C193E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.20

#8936C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#8936C4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8936C4

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8936C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8936C4	1.00	6.20	3.39	6.20
#FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005EC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0062C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F577A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8936c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 54, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.211 307.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b075d7',
    500: '#8936c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8936c4;
$custom-light: #b075d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8936c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.07,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51872,
    "c": 0.21085,
    "h": 307.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8936C4

secondary

#A5CC89

accent

#E04887

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#110914

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8936C4

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

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