#8938D9#8938D9

#8938D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.230 H 301.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8938D9
RGB	rgb(137, 56, 217)
HSL	hsl(270, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(270, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.9%, 74.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.00, 62.83, -68.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.00, 92.81, 312.61°)
OKLab	oklab(53.69% 0.1213 -0.1949)
OKLCH	oklch(53.69% 0.23 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.2521, 13.1564, 66.8939)
Luminance	0.1316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8938D9 #88D938

analogous

#3838D9 #8938D9 #D938D8

triadic

#8938D9 #D98938 #38D989

tetradic

#8938D9 #D93838 #88D938 #38D8D9

square

#8938D9 #D93838 #88D938 #38D8D9

split-complementary

#8938D9 #D8D938 #38D938

monochromatic

#4C187E #6A22B2 #8938D9 #A76BE3 #C69FED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.78

#8938D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#8938D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8938D9

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8938D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8938D9	1.00	5.78	3.63	5.78
#FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0065D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#786186

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8938d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 56, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.230 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b276e6',
    500: '#8938d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8938d9;
$custom-light: #b276e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8938d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.186,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53689,
    "c": 0.22952,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8938D9

secondary

#B6D994

accent

#EB3D93

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120916

muted

#817B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8938D9

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

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