#8940FF#8940FF

#8940FF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.260 H 294.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8940FF
RGB	rgb(137, 64, 255)
HSL	hsl(263, 100%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(263, 75%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.3%, 74.9%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.24, 68.58, -82.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.24, 107.53, 309.62°)
OKLab	oklab(57.62% 0.1056 -0.2375)
OKLCH	oklch(57.62% 0.26 294)
XYZ	xyz(30.1950, 16.2042, 96.1252)
Luminance	0.1620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8940FF #B6FF40

analogous

#4056FF #8940FF #E940FF

triadic

#8940FF #FF8940 #40FF89

tetradic

#8940FF #FF4056 #B6FF40 #40FFE9

square

#8940FF #FF4056 #B6FF40 #40FFE9

split-complementary

#8940FF #FFE940 #56FF40

monochromatic

#4B00C5 #6303FF #8940FF #AF7DFF #D5BAFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#8940FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#8940FF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8940FF

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8940FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8940FF	1.00	4.95	4.24	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006DFB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65749E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8940ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 64, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.260 294.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b57cff',
    500: '#8940ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8940ff;
$custom-light: #b57cff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8940ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.932,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57617,
    "c": 0.25997,
    "h": 294
  },
  "luminance": 0.16205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8940FF

secondary

#D6F0AB

accent

#E6008E

background

#FCF7FF

surface

#F8EEFF

border

#D1C9D7

text

#120A18

muted

#817C86

Preview Lab

Preview with #8940FF

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

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