#8940D6#8940D6

#8940D6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.218 H 301.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8940D6
RGB	rgb(137, 64, 214)
HSL	hsl(269, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(269, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 70.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.00, 58.64, -64.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.00, 87.50, 312.08°)
OKLab	oklab(54.33% 0.1144 -0.185)
OKLCH	oklch(54.33% 0.218 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.2846, 13.8401, 64.9973)
Luminance	0.1384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8940D6 #8DD640

analogous

#4042D6 #8940D6 #D440D6

triadic

#8940D6 #D68940 #40D689

tetradic

#8940D6 #D64042 #8DD640 #40D6D4

square

#8940D6 #D64042 #8DD640 #40D6D4

split-complementary

#8940D6 #D6D440 #42D640

monochromatic

#4C1B80 #6B26B2 #8940D6 #A872E1 #C7A5EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#8940D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#8940D6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8940D6

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8940D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8940D6	1.00	5.57	3.77	5.57
#FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0067D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#796487

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8940d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 64, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.218 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17be4',
    500: '#8940d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8940d6;
$custom-light: #b17be4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8940d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.2,
    "s": 64.655,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54329,
    "c": 0.21757,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8940D6

secondary

#BAD999

accent

#E84096

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#110A16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8940D6

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

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