#8940C2#8940C2

#8940C2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.197 H 306.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8940C2
RGB	rgb(137, 64, 194)
HSL	hsl(274, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(274, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 67%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.58, 53.95, -55.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.58, 77.54, 314.09°)
OKLab	oklab(52.87% 0.1171 -0.1578)
OKLCH	oklch(52.87% 0.197 306.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.8854, 12.8804, 52.3617)
Luminance	0.1288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8940C2 #79C240

analogous

#4840C2 #8940C2 #C240BA

triadic

#8940C2 #C28940 #40C289

tetradic

#8940C2 #C24840 #79C240 #40BAC2

square

#8940C2 #C24840 #79C240 #40BAC2

split-complementary

#8940C2 #BAC240 #40C248

monochromatic

#482167 #693095 #8940C2 #A66ED1 #C29DE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.87

#8940C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#8940C2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8940C2

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8940C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8940C2	1.00	5.87	3.58	5.87
#FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E65BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F5C7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8940c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 64, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.197 306.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07ad5',
    500: '#8940c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8940c2;
$custom-light: #b07ad5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8940c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.692,
    "s": 51.587,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52867,
    "c": 0.19655,
    "h": 306.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8940C2

secondary

#ABCC92

accent

#DB4D8B

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFA

border

#D0C9D3

text

#110914

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8940C2

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

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