#8940DD#8940DD

#8940DD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.225 H 300.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8940DD
RGB	rgb(137, 64, 221)
HSL	hsl(268, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(268, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 71%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.53, 60.31, -68.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.53, 90.97, 311.53°)
OKLab	oklab(54.86% 0.1132 -0.1943)
OKLCH	oklch(54.86% 0.225 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.1978, 14.2054, 69.8070)
Luminance	0.1421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8940DD #94DD40

analogous

#4045DD #8940DD #D740DD

triadic

#8940DD #DD8940 #40DD89

tetradic

#8940DD #DD4045 #94DD40 #40DDD7

square

#8940DD #DD4045 #94DD40 #40DDD7

split-complementary

#8940DD #DDD740 #45DD40

monochromatic

#4D198A #6A22BE #8940DD #A974E6 #C9A8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.47

#8940DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#8940DD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8940DD

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8940DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8940DD	1.00	5.47	3.84	5.47
#FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0068DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#76678B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8940dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 64, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.225 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27be9',
    500: '#8940dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8940dd;
$custom-light: #b27be9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8940dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.898,
    "s": 69.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54865,
    "c": 0.22488,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8940DD

secondary

#BFDD9C

accent

#ED3B9A

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFD

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8940DD

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

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