#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
RGB	rgb(137, 64, 216)
HSL	hsl(269, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(269, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 70.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.15, 59.12, -65.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.15, 88.50, 311.92°)
OKLab	oklab(54.48% 0.1141 -0.1877)
OKLCH	oklch(54.48% 0.22 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.5416, 13.9429, 66.3507)
Luminance	0.1394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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
##8940D8	1.00	5.54	3.79	5.54
#FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

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

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