#8938E2#8938E2

#8938E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.238 H 300.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8938E2
RGB	rgb(137, 56, 226)
HSL	hsl(269, 75%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(269, 75%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 75.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.71, 64.93, -72.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.71, 97.16, 311.93°)
OKLab	oklab(54.41% 0.1192 -0.2065)
OKLCH	oklch(54.41% 0.238 300)
XYZ	xyz(25.4547, 13.6374, 73.2280)
Luminance	0.1364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8938E2 #91E238

analogous

#383CE2 #8938E2 #DE38E2

triadic

#8938E2 #E28938 #38E289

tetradic

#8938E2 #E2383C #91E238 #38E2DE

square

#8938E2 #E2383C #91E238 #38E2DE

split-complementary

#8938E2 #E2DE38 #3CE238

monochromatic

#4D148B #6B1CC1 #8938E2 #A96DEA #C8A3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.63

#8938E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#8938E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8938E2

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8938E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8938E2	1.00	5.63	3.73	5.63
#FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0066DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74658B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8938e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 56, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.238 300.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b377ec',
    500: '#8938e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8938e2;
$custom-light: #b377ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8938e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.588,
    "s": 74.561,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54409,
    "c": 0.23849,
    "h": 300
  },
  "luminance": 0.13638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8938E2

secondary

#BDDE97

accent

#F13798

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFD

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120916

muted

#817B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8938E2

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

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