#8940D5#8940D5

#8940D5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.217 H 302.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8940D5
RGB	rgb(137, 64, 213)
HSL	hsl(269, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(269, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 70%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.93, 58.40, -64.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.93, 87.01, 312.16°)
OKLab	oklab(54.25% 0.1146 -0.1837)
OKLCH	oklch(54.25% 0.217 302)
XYZ	xyz(24.1573, 13.7892, 64.3268)
Luminance	0.1379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8940D5 #8CD540

analogous

#4042D5 #8940D5 #D340D5

triadic

#8940D5 #D58940 #40D589

tetradic

#8940D5 #D54042 #8CD540 #40D5D3

square

#8940D5 #D54042 #8CD540 #40D5D3

split-complementary

#8940D5 #D5D340 #42D540

monochromatic

#4C1C7F #6B27B1 #8940D5 #A872E0 #C7A4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#8940D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#8940D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8940D5

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8940D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8940D5	1.00	5.59	3.76	5.59
#FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0067D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#796486

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8940d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 64, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.217 302.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17be3',
    500: '#8940d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8940d5;
$custom-light: #b17be3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8940d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.396,
    "s": 63.948,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54254,
    "c": 0.21653,
    "h": 302
  },
  "luminance": 0.13789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8940D5

secondary

#B9D899

accent

#E74196

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#110A16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8940D5

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

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