#8940D8#8940D8

#8940D8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.220 H 301.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8940D8
RGBrgb(137, 64, 216)
HSLhsl(269, 66%, 55%)
HSVhsv(269, 70%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(36.6%, 70.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(44.15, 59.12, -65.85)
CIE-LCHlch(44.15, 88.50, 311.92°)
OKLaboklab(54.48% 0.1141 -0.1877)
OKLCHoklch(54.48% 0.22 301.3)
XYZxyz(24.5416, 13.9429, 66.3507)
Luminance0.1394 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8940D8 #8FD840
analogous
#4043D8 #8940D8 #D540D8
triadic
#8940D8 #D88940 #40D889
tetradic
#8940D8 #D84043 #8FD840 #40D8D5
square
#8940D8 #D84043 #8FD840 #40D8D5
split-complementary
#8940D8 #D8D540 #43D840
monochromatic
#4D1B83 #6B25B6 #8940D8 #A873E2 #C8A6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54
#8940D8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79
#8940D8 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8940D8
5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8940D8#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8940D81.005.543.795.54
#FFFFFF5.541.0021.001.00
#0000003.7921.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.541.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#0068DC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#0068D5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#786588
Achromatopsia (no color)
#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8940d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 64, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.220 301.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17be5',
    500: '#8940d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8940d8;
$custom-light: #b17be5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8940d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.816,
    "s": 66.087,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54481,
    "c": 0.21967,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8940D8
secondary
#BBDA9A
accent
#E93F97
background
#FBF7FE
surface
#F6EEFC
border
#D0C9D5
text
#110A16
muted
#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8940D8

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#8940D8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva