#8938B7#8938B7

#8938B7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.196 H 310.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8938B7
RGB	rgb(137, 56, 183)
HSL	hsl(278, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(278, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.1%, 69.4%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.52, 55.15, -52.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.52, 76.19, 316.37°)
OKLab	oklab(51.15% 0.127 -0.1486)
OKLCH	oklch(51.15% 0.196 310.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.2763, 11.5661, 45.9549)
Luminance	0.1157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8938B7 #66B738

analogous

#4A38B7 #8938B7 #B738A6

triadic

#8938B7 #B78938 #38B789

tetradic

#8938B7 #B74A38 #66B738 #38A6B7

square

#8938B7 #B74A38 #66B738 #38A6B7

split-complementary

#8938B7 #A6B738 #38B74A

monochromatic

#431B59 #662A88 #8938B7 #A55ECE #C08DDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.34

#8938B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#8938B7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8938B7

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8938B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8938B7	1.00	6.34	3.31	6.34
#FFFFFF	6.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2461B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#835373

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8938b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 56, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.196 310.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b075cd',
    500: '#8938b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8938b7;
$custom-light: #b075cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8938b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.268,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51151,
    "c": 0.19552,
    "h": 310.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8938B7

secondary

#9CC784

accent

#DD4B80

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8938B7

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

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