#8940B9#8940B9

#8940B9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.187 H 309.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8940B9
RGB	rgb(137, 64, 185)
HSL	hsl(276, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(276, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 65.4%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.98, 51.89, -51.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.98, 73.04, 315.28°)
OKLab	oklab(52.24% 0.1179 -0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(52.24% 0.187 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.9051, 12.4883, 47.1987)
Luminance	0.1249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8940B9 #70B940

analogous

#4D40B9 #8940B9 #B940AD

triadic

#8940B9 #B98940 #40B989

tetradic

#8940B9 #B94D40 #70B940 #40ADB9

square

#8940B9 #B94D40 #70B940 #40ADB9

split-complementary

#8940B9 #ADB940 #40B94D

monochromatic

#46215E #67308C #8940B9 #A56BCC #C198DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.00

#8940B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#8940B9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8940B9

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8940B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8940B9	1.00	6.00	3.50	6.00
#FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C64B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#825977

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8940b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 64, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.187 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af7acf',
    500: '#8940b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8940b9;
$custom-light: #af7acf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8940b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.198,
    "s": 48.594,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52244,
    "c": 0.18706,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8940B9

secondary

#A4C78E

accent

#D85086

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8940B9

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

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