#8939B2#8939B2

#8939B2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.189 H 311.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8939B2
RGB	rgb(137, 57, 178)
HSL	hsl(280, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(280, 68%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 68%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.34, 53.61, -49.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.34, 73.24, 317.05°)
OKLab	oklab(50.92% 0.1264 -0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(50.92% 0.189 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.8141, 11.4595, 43.2790)
Luminance	0.1146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8939B2 #62B239

analogous

#4C39B2 #8939B2 #B2399E

triadic

#8939B2 #B28939 #39B289

tetradic

#8939B2 #B24C39 #62B239 #399EB2

square

#8939B2 #B24C39 #62B239 #399EB2

split-complementary

#8939B2 #9EB239 #39B24C

monochromatic

#421B55 #652A84 #8939B2 #A65DCB #BF8BDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.38

#8939B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#8939B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8939B2

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8939B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8939B2	1.00	6.38	3.29	6.38
#FFFFFF	6.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C61AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#845271

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8939b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 57, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.189 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af75ca',
    500: '#8939b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8939b2;
$custom-light: #af75ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8939b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.669,
    "s": 51.489,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5092,
    "c": 0.18923,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8939B2

secondary

#99C482

accent

#DB4D7D

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF8

border

#D0C8D1

text

#110913

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8939B2

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

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