#8940BE#8940BE

#8940BE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.192 H 307.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8940BE
RGB	rgb(137, 64, 190)
HSL	hsl(275, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(275, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.9%, 66.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.31, 53.03, -53.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.31, 75.54, 314.59°)
OKLab	oklab(52.59% 0.1175 -0.1522)
OKLCH	oklch(52.59% 0.192 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.4423, 12.7032, 50.0276)
Luminance	0.1270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8940BE #75BE40

analogous

#4A40BE #8940BE #BE40B4

triadic

#8940BE #BE8940 #40BE89

tetradic

#8940BE #BE4A40 #75BE40 #40B4BE

square

#8940BE #BE4A40 #75BE40 #40B4BE

split-complementary

#8940BE #B4BE40 #40BE4A

monochromatic

#472162 #683190 #8940BE #A56DCE #C19BDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.93

#8940BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#8940BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8940BE

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8940BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8940BE	1.00	5.93	3.54	5.93
#FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2565BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#815B7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8940be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 64, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.192 307.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07ad2',
    500: '#8940be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8940be;
$custom-light: #b07ad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8940be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.762,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52587,
    "c": 0.19233,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8940BE

secondary

#A8C990

accent

#D94F89

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFA

border

#D0C9D3

text

#110914

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8940BE

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

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