#8940D9#8940D9

#8940D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.221 H 301.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8940D9
RGB	rgb(137, 64, 217)
HSL	hsl(269, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(269, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.9%, 70.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.23, 59.36, -66.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.23, 88.99, 311.84°)
OKLab	oklab(54.56% 0.1139 -0.189)
OKLCH	oklch(54.56% 0.221 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.6713, 13.9948, 67.0337)
Luminance	0.1399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8940D9 #90D940

analogous

#4044D9 #8940D9 #D540D9

triadic

#8940D9 #D98940 #40D989

tetradic

#8940D9 #D94044 #90D940 #40D9D5

square

#8940D9 #D94044 #90D940 #40D9D5

split-complementary

#8940D9 #D9D540 #44D940

monochromatic

#4D1A84 #6B24B7 #8940D9 #A973E3 #C8A6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#8940D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#8940D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8940D9

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8940D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8940D9	1.00	5.53	3.80	5.53
#FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0068D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#776588

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8940d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 64, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.221 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27be6',
    500: '#8940d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8940d9;
$custom-light: #b27be6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8940d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.627,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54557,
    "c": 0.22071,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8940D9

secondary

#BCDA9A

accent

#EA3E98

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#110A16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8940D9

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

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