#8940C9#8940C9

#8940C9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.204 H 304.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8940C9
RGB	rgb(137, 64, 201)
HSL	hsl(272, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(272, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.8%, 68.2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.07, 55.58, -58.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.07, 81.03, 313.30°)
OKLab	oklab(53.37% 0.1163 -0.1675)
OKLCH	oklch(53.37% 0.204 304.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.6902, 13.2023, 56.6000)
Luminance	0.1320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8940C9 #80C940

analogous

#4540C9 #8940C9 #C940C4

triadic

#8940C9 #C98940 #40C989

tetradic

#8940C9 #C94540 #80C940 #40C4C9

square

#8940C9 #C94540 #80C940 #40C4C9

split-complementary

#8940C9 #C4C940 #40C945

monochromatic

#4A1F6F #6A2D9F #8940C9 #A670D6 #C49FE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.77

#8940C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.64

#8940C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8940C9

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8940C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8940C9	1.00	5.77	3.64	5.77
#FFFFFF	5.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0966C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D5F80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8940c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 64, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.204 304.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07ada',
    500: '#8940c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8940c9;
$custom-light: #b07ada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8940c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.971,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53367,
    "c": 0.20392,
    "h": 304.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8940C9

secondary

#B0D094

accent

#DF498F

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8940C9

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

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