#8940D1#8940D1

#8940D1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.212 H 302.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8940D1
RGB	rgb(137, 64, 209)
HSL	hsl(270, 61%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(270, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.4%, 69.4%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.64, 57.46, -62.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.64, 85.02, 312.52°)
OKLab	oklab(53.95% 0.1152 -0.1783)
OKLCH	oklch(53.95% 0.212 302.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.6559, 13.5886, 61.6858)
Luminance	0.1359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8940D1 #88D140

analogous

#4040D1 #8940D1 #D140D0

triadic

#8940D1 #D18940 #40D189

tetradic

#8940D1 #D14040 #88D140 #40D0D1

square

#8940D1 #D14040 #88D140 #40D0D1

split-complementary

#8940D1 #D0D140 #40D140

monochromatic

#4C1D79 #6A29AB #8940D1 #A771DD #C6A3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.65

#8940D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.72

#8940D1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8940D1

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8940D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8940D1	1.00	5.65	3.72	5.65
#FFFFFF	5.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0067CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A6284

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8940d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 64, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.212 302.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17ae0',
    500: '#8940d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8940d1;
$custom-light: #b17ae0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8940d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.207,
    "s": 61.181,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53954,
    "c": 0.21233,
    "h": 302.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8940D1

secondary

#B6D597

accent

#E44493

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8940D1

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

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