#8938C1#8938C1

#8938C1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.206 H 307.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8938C1
RGB	rgb(137, 56, 193)
HSL	hsl(275, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(275, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 71%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.21, 57.36, -57.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.21, 81.09, 315.02°)
OKLab	oklab(51.87% 0.1257 -0.1626)
OKLCH	oklch(51.87% 0.206 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.3543, 11.9973, 51.6325)
Luminance	0.1200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8938C1 #70C138

analogous

#4438C1 #8938C1 #C138B5

triadic

#8938C1 #C18938 #38C189

tetradic

#8938C1 #C14438 #70C138 #38B5C1

square

#8938C1 #C14438 #70C138 #38B5C1

split-complementary

#8938C1 #B5C138 #38C144

monochromatic

#461C62 #672A92 #8938C1 #A564D2 #C194E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.18

#8938C1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#8938C1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8938C1

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8938C1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8938C1	1.00	6.18	3.40	6.18
#FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005EC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E62BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#805779

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8938c1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 56, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.206 307.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b075d5',
    500: '#8938c1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8938c1;
$custom-light: #b075d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8938c1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.474,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51866,
    "c": 0.20553,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8938C1

secondary

#A4CB8A

accent

#DE4986

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#110914

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8938C1

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

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