#8938C8#8938C8

#8938C8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.213 H 305.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8938C8
RGB	rgb(137, 56, 200)
HSL	hsl(274, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(274, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.5%, 72%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.72, 58.93, -60.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.72, 84.52, 314.21°)
OKLab	oklab(52.38% 0.1246 -0.1722)
OKLCH	oklch(52.38% 0.213 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.1537, 12.3170, 55.8427)
Luminance	0.1232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8938C8 #77C838

analogous

#4138C8 #8938C8 #C838BF

triadic

#8938C8 #C88938 #38C889

tetradic

#8938C8 #C84138 #77C838 #38BFC8

square

#8938C8 #C84138 #77C838 #38BFC8

split-complementary

#8938C8 #BFC838 #38C841

monochromatic

#481D69 #682A99 #8938C8 #A568D5 #C298E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.06

#8938C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.46

#8938C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8938C8

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8938C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8938C8	1.00	6.06	3.46	6.06
#FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0063C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E5A7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8938c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 56, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.213 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b176da',
    500: '#8938c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8938c8;
$custom-light: #b176da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8938c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.75,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52382,
    "c": 0.21254,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8938C8

secondary

#AACE8E

accent

#E0488A

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFB

border

#D0C8D4

text

#110915

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8938C8

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

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