#8936C8#8936C8

#8936C8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.215 H 306.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8936C8
RGB	rgb(137, 54, 200)
HSL	hsl(274, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(274, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.5%, 73%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.42, 59.78, -61.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.42, 85.45, 314.39°)
OKLab	oklab(52.17% 0.1265 -0.1736)
OKLCH	oklch(52.17% 0.215 306.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.0587, 12.1270, 55.8111)
Luminance	0.1213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8936C8 #75C836

analogous

#4036C8 #8936C8 #C836BE

triadic

#8936C8 #C88936 #36C889

tetradic

#8936C8 #C84036 #75C836 #36BEC8

square

#8936C8 #C84036 #75C836 #36BEC8

split-complementary

#8936C8 #BEC836 #36C840

monochromatic

#471C68 #682998 #8936C8 #A566D6 #C196E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.13

#8936C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.43

#8936C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8936C8

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8936C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8936C8	1.00	6.13	3.43	6.13
#FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0062C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E597C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8936c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 54, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.215 306.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b175da',
    500: '#8936c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8936c8;
$custom-light: #b175da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8936c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.11,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52171,
    "c": 0.2148,
    "h": 306.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8936C8

secondary

#A8CE8C

accent

#E14789

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFB

border

#D0C8D4

text

#110915

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8936C8

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

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