#8940D7#8940D7

#8940D7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.219 H 301.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8940D7
RGB	rgb(137, 64, 215)
HSL	hsl(269, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(269, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.3%, 70.2%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.08, 58.88, -65.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.08, 88.00, 312.00°)
OKLab	oklab(54.41% 0.1143 -0.1864)
OKLCH	oklch(54.41% 0.219 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.4127, 13.8913, 65.6719)
Luminance	0.1389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8940D7 #8ED740

analogous

#4042D7 #8940D7 #D540D7

triadic

#8940D7 #D78940 #40D789

tetradic

#8940D7 #D74042 #8ED740 #40D7D5

square

#8940D7 #D74042 #8ED740 #40D7D5

split-complementary

#8940D7 #D7D540 #42D740

monochromatic

#4D1B81 #6B26B4 #8940D7 #A873E2 #C8A5EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#8940D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#8940D7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8940D7

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8940D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8940D7	1.00	5.56	3.78	5.56
#FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0067D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#786487

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8940d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 64, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.219 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17be4',
    500: '#8940d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8940d7;
$custom-light: #b17be4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8940d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.007,
    "s": 65.368,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54405,
    "c": 0.21862,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8940D7

secondary

#BAD99A

accent

#E83F97

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#110A16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8940D7

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

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