#8940BA#8940BA

#8940BA is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.188 H 308.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8940BA
RGB	rgb(137, 64, 186)
HSL	hsl(276, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(276, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 65.6%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.05, 52.12, -51.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.05, 73.54, 315.13°)
OKLab	oklab(52.31% 0.1178 -0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(52.31% 0.188 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.0111, 12.5307, 47.7567)
Luminance	0.1253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8940BA #71BA40

analogous

#4C40BA #8940BA #BA40AE

triadic

#8940BA #BA8940 #40BA89

tetradic

#8940BA #BA4C40 #71BA40 #40AEBA

square

#8940BA #BA4C40 #71BA40 #40AEBA

split-complementary

#8940BA #AEBA40 #40BA4C

monochromatic

#46215F #67308C #8940BA #A56BCC #C199DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.99

#8940BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#8940BA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8940BA

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8940BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8940BA	1.00	5.99	3.51	5.99
#FFFFFF	5.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B64B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#825977

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8940ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 64, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.188 308.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8940ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.902,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52312,
    "c": 0.18811,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8940BA

secondary

#A5C88E

accent

#D84F86

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8940BA

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

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