#8940E0#8940E0

#8940E0 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.228 H 299.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8940E0
RGB	rgb(137, 64, 224)
HSL	hsl(267, 72%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(267, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 71.4%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.75, 61.03, -69.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.75, 92.45, 311.31°)
OKLab	oklab(55.1% 0.1127 -0.1982)
OKLCH	oklch(55.1% 0.228 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.6011, 14.3667, 71.9308)
Luminance	0.1437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8940E0 #97E040

analogous

#4047E0 #8940E0 #D940E0

triadic

#8940E0 #E08940 #40E089

tetradic

#8940E0 #E04047 #97E040 #40E0D9

square

#8940E0 #E04047 #97E040 #40E0D9

split-complementary

#8940E0 #E0D940 #47E040

monochromatic

#4E178E #6A20C3 #8940E0 #AA75E9 #CAA9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42

#8940E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#8940E0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8940E0

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8940E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8940E0	1.00	5.42	3.87	5.42
#FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0069DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#75688C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8940e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 64, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.228 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27beb',
    500: '#8940e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8940e0;
$custom-light: #b27beb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8940e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.375,
    "s": 72.072,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55098,
    "c": 0.22801,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8940E0

secondary

#C1DF9D

accent

#EF399C

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFD

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8940E0

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

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