#8938C9#8938C9

#8938C9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.214 H 305.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8938C9
RGB	rgb(137, 56, 201)
HSL	hsl(274, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(274, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.8%, 72.1%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.79, 59.16, -61.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.79, 85.01, 314.10°)
OKLab	oklab(52.46% 0.1245 -0.1735)
OKLCH	oklch(52.46% 0.214 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.2710, 12.3639, 56.4602)
Luminance	0.1236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8938C9 #78C938

analogous

#4038C9 #8938C9 #C938C1

triadic

#8938C9 #C98938 #38C989

tetradic

#8938C9 #C94038 #78C938 #38C1C9

square

#8938C9 #C94038 #78C938 #38C1C9

split-complementary

#8938C9 #C1C938 #38C940

monochromatic

#481D6A #682A9A #8938C9 #A668D6 #C298E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.05

#8938C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.47

#8938C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8938C9

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8938C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8938C9	1.00	6.05	3.47	6.05
#FFFFFF	6.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0063C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D5A7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8938c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 56, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.214 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b176da',
    500: '#8938c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8938c9;
$custom-light: #b176da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8938c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.517,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52457,
    "c": 0.21353,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8938C9

secondary

#ABCF8E

accent

#E1478B

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFB

border

#D0C8D4

text

#110915

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8938C9

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

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