#8940D3#8940D3

#8940D3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.214 H 302.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8940D3
RGB	rgb(137, 64, 211)
HSL	hsl(270, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(270, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.1%, 69.7%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.78, 57.93, -63.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.78, 86.01, 312.34°)
OKLab	oklab(54.1% 0.1149 -0.181)
OKLCH	oklch(54.1% 0.214 302.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.9050, 13.6883, 62.9981)
Luminance	0.1369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8940D3 #8AD340

analogous

#4041D3 #8940D3 #D340D3

triadic

#8940D3 #D38940 #40D389

tetradic

#8940D3 #D34041 #8AD340 #40D3D3

square

#8940D3 #D34041 #8AD340 #40D3D3

split-complementary

#8940D3 #D3D340 #41D340

monochromatic

#4C1D7C #6A28AE #8940D3 #A872DE #C6A3EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.62

#8940D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#8940D3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8940D3

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8940D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8940D3	1.00	5.62	3.74	5.62
#FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0067D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A6385

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8940d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 64, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.214 302.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17ae1',
    500: '#8940d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8940d3;
$custom-light: #b17ae1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8940d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.796,
    "s": 62.553,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54103,
    "c": 0.21443,
    "h": 302.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8940D3

secondary

#B8D798

accent

#E64294

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8940D3

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

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