#8940B4#8940B4

#8940B4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.182 H 310.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8940B4
RGB	rgb(137, 64, 180)
HSL	hsl(278, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(278, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 64.4%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.66, 50.77, -48.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.66, 70.54, 316.03°)
OKLab	oklab(51.91% 0.1182 -0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(51.91% 0.182 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.3866, 12.2809, 44.4677)
Luminance	0.1228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8940B4 #6BB440

analogous

#4F40B4 #8940B4 #B440A5

triadic

#8940B4 #B48940 #40B489

tetradic

#8940B4 #B44F40 #6BB440 #40A5B4

square

#8940B4 #B44F40 #6BB440 #40A5B4

split-complementary

#8940B4 #A5B440 #40B44F

monochromatic

#44205A #673087 #8940B4 #A568C9 #C095D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.08

#8940B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.46

#8940B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8940B4

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8940B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8940B4	1.00	6.08	3.46	6.08
#FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3264B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#835774

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8940b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 64, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.182 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af79cb',
    500: '#8940b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8940b4;
$custom-light: #af79cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8940b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.759,
    "s": 47.541,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51908,
    "c": 0.18179,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8940B4

secondary

#A0C58B

accent

#D75183

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#110913

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8940B4

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

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