#8940C8#8940C8

#8940C8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.203 H 305.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8940C8
RGB	rgb(137, 64, 200)
HSL	hsl(272, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(272, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.5%, 68%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.00, 55.34, -58.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.00, 80.53, 313.41°)
OKLab	oklab(53.29% 0.1165 -0.1661)
OKLCH	oklch(53.29% 0.203 305)
XYZ	xyz(22.5729, 13.1554, 55.9825)
Luminance	0.1316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8940C8 #7FC840

analogous

#4540C8 #8940C8 #C840C3

triadic

#8940C8 #C88940 #40C889

tetradic

#8940C8 #C84540 #7FC840 #40C3C8

square

#8940C8 #C84540 #7FC840 #40C3C8

split-complementary

#8940C8 #C3C840 #40C845

monochromatic

#4A206E #6A2D9D #8940C8 #A670D6 #C49FE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.78

#8940C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#8940C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8940C8

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8940C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8940C8	1.00	5.78	3.63	5.78
#FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E66C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E5F7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8940c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 64, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.203 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07ad9',
    500: '#8940c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8940c8;
$custom-light: #b07ad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8940c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.206,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53294,
    "c": 0.20287,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.13155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8940C8

secondary

#B0D094

accent

#DF498E

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8940C8

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

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