#8940D4#8940D4

#8940D4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.215 H 302.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8940D4
RGB	rgb(137, 64, 212)
HSL	hsl(270, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(270, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.4%, 69.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.86, 58.17, -64.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.86, 86.51, 312.25°)
OKLab	oklab(54.18% 0.1148 -0.1824)
OKLCH	oklch(54.18% 0.215 302.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.0308, 13.7386, 63.6604)
Luminance	0.1374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8940D4 #8BD440

analogous

#4041D4 #8940D4 #D340D4

triadic

#8940D4 #D48940 #40D489

tetradic

#8940D4 #D44041 #8BD440 #40D4D3

square

#8940D4 #D44041 #8BD440 #40D4D3

split-complementary

#8940D4 #D4D340 #41D440

monochromatic

#4C1C7D #6A27AF #8940D4 #A872DF #C7A4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.60

#8940D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#8940D4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8940D4

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8940D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8940D4	1.00	5.60	3.75	5.60
#FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0067D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#796386

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8940d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 64, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.215 302.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17be2',
    500: '#8940d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8940d4;
$custom-light: #b17be2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8940d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.595,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54178,
    "c": 0.21548,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8940D4

secondary

#B8D798

accent

#E64295

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#110A15

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8940D4

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

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