#8940C4#8940C4

#8940C4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.199 H 306.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8940C4
RGB	rgb(137, 64, 196)
HSL	hsl(273, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(273, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.1%, 67.3%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.72, 54.41, -56.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.72, 78.54, 313.86°)
OKLab	oklab(53.01% 0.1169 -0.1606)
OKLCH	oklch(53.01% 0.199 306.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.1116, 12.9709, 53.5526)
Luminance	0.1297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8940C4 #7BC440

analogous

#4740C4 #8940C4 #C440BD

triadic

#8940C4 #C48940 #40C489

tetradic

#8940C4 #C44740 #7BC440 #40BDC4

square

#8940C4 #C44740 #7BC440 #40BDC4

split-complementary

#8940C4 #BDC440 #40C447

monochromatic

#492069 #692F98 #8940C4 #A66FD2 #C39EE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.84

#8940C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#8940C4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8940C4

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8940C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8940C4	1.00	5.84	3.59	5.84
#FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A65C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F5D7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8940c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 64, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.199 306.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07ad7',
    500: '#8940c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8940c4;
$custom-light: #b07ad7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8940c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.182,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53008,
    "c": 0.19866,
    "h": 306.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8940C4

secondary

#ADCD93

accent

#DC4C8C

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFA

border

#D0C9D3

text

#110A14

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8940C4

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

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