#8936D9#8936D9

#8936D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.232 H 302.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8936D9
RGB	rgb(137, 54, 217)
HSL	hsl(271, 68%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(271, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.9%, 75.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.71, 63.65, -68.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.71, 93.70, 312.79°)
OKLab	oklab(53.49% 0.123 -0.1962)
OKLCH	oklch(53.49% 0.232 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.1571, 12.9664, 66.8623)
Luminance	0.1297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8936D9 #86D936

analogous

#3736D9 #8936D9 #D936D8

triadic

#8936D9 #D98936 #36D989

tetradic

#8936D9 #D93736 #86D936 #36D8D9

square

#8936D9 #D93736 #86D936 #36D8D9

split-complementary

#8936D9 #D8D936 #36D937

monochromatic

#4B187D #6A21B0 #8936D9 #A769E3 #C59DEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.84

#8936D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#8936D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8936D9

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8936D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8936D9	1.00	5.84	3.59	5.84
#FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0064D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#786086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8936d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 54, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.232 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b275e6',
    500: '#8936d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8936d9;
$custom-light: #b275e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8936d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.552,
    "s": 68.201,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53489,
    "c": 0.23159,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8936D9

secondary

#B5D992

accent

#EB3D92

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EDFC

border

#D0C8D5

text

#120916

muted

#817B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8936D9

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

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