#8940B5#8940B5

#8940B5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.183 H 310.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8940B5
RGB	rgb(137, 64, 181)
HSL	hsl(277, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(277, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 64.6%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.72, 50.99, -49.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.72, 71.04, 315.87°)
OKLab	oklab(51.98% 0.1182 -0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(51.98% 0.183 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.4888, 12.3218, 45.0061)
Luminance	0.1232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8940B5 #6CB540

analogous

#4E40B5 #8940B5 #B540A6

triadic

#8940B5 #B58940 #40B589

tetradic

#8940B5 #B54E40 #6CB540 #40A6B5

square

#8940B5 #B54E40 #6CB540 #40A6B5

split-complementary

#8940B5 #A6B540 #40B54E

monochromatic

#45205B #673088 #8940B5 #A568CA #C096DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.06

#8940B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.46

#8940B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8940B5

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8940B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8940B5	1.00	6.06	3.46	6.06
#FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3164B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#835775

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8940b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 64, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.183 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af79cc',
    500: '#8940b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8940b5;
$custom-light: #af79cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8940b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.436,
    "s": 47.755,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51975,
    "c": 0.18285,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8940B5

secondary

#A1C58B

accent

#D75083

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#110913

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8940B5

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

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