#8940D0#8940D0

#8940D0 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.211 H 303.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8940D0
RGB	rgb(137, 64, 208)
HSL	hsl(270, 61%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(270, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 69.2%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.56, 57.22, -62.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.56, 84.52, 312.61°)
OKLab	oklab(53.88% 0.1154 -0.177)
OKLCH	oklch(53.88% 0.211 303.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.5324, 13.5392, 61.0359)
Luminance	0.1354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8940D0 #87D040

analogous

#4140D0 #8940D0 #D040CF

triadic

#8940D0 #D08940 #40D089

tetradic

#8940D0 #D04140 #87D040 #40CFD0

square

#8940D0 #D04140 #87D040 #40CFD0

split-complementary

#8940D0 #CFD040 #40D041

monochromatic

#4B1E78 #6A2AA9 #8940D0 #A771DC #C6A2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.66

#8940D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#8940D0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8940D0

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8940D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8940D0	1.00	5.66	3.71	5.66
#FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0067CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B6283

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8940d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 64, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.211 303.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17adf',
    500: '#8940d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8940d0;
$custom-light: #b17adf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8940d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.417,
    "s": 60.504,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5388,
    "c": 0.21128,
    "h": 303.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8940D0

secondary

#B5D597

accent

#E44493

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8940D0

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

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