#8940BD#8940BD

#8940BD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.191 H 307.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8940BD
RGB	rgb(137, 64, 189)
HSL	hsl(275, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(275, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.5%, 66.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.25, 52.80, -53.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.25, 75.04, 314.72°)
OKLab	oklab(52.52% 0.1176 -0.1509)
OKLCH	oklch(52.52% 0.191 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.3333, 12.6596, 49.4539)
Luminance	0.1266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8940BD #74BD40

analogous

#4B40BD #8940BD #BD40B3

triadic

#8940BD #BD8940 #40BD89

tetradic

#8940BD #BD4B40 #74BD40 #40B3BD

square

#8940BD #BD4B40 #74BD40 #40B3BD

split-complementary

#8940BD #B3BD40 #40BD4B

monochromatic

#472162 #68318F #8940BD #A56DCD #C19ADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.95

#8940BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#8940BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8940BD

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8940BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8940BD	1.00	5.95	3.53	5.95
#FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2764BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#815A79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8940bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 64, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.191 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af7ad2',
    500: '#8940bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8940bd;
$custom-light: #af7ad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8940bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.04,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52518,
    "c": 0.19128,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8940BD

secondary

#A8C990

accent

#D94F88

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8940BD

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

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