#8942C8#8942C8

#8942C8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.200 H 304.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8942C8
RGB	rgb(137, 66, 200)
HSL	hsl(272, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(272, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.5%, 67%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.34, 54.40, -57.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.34, 79.48, 313.19°)
OKLab	oklab(53.54% 0.1143 -0.1645)
OKLCH	oklch(53.54% 0.2 304.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.6877, 13.3850, 56.0207)
Luminance	0.1338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8942C8 #81C842

analogous

#4642C8 #8942C8 #C842C4

triadic

#8942C8 #C88942 #42C889

tetradic

#8942C8 #C84642 #81C842 #42C4C8

square

#8942C8 #C84642 #81C842 #42C4C8

split-complementary

#8942C8 #C4C842 #42C846

monochromatic

#4A206F #6A2E9F #8942C8 #A771D6 #C4A1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.71

#8942C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#8942C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8942C8

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8942C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8942C8	1.00	5.71	3.68	5.71
#FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1466C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D6080

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8942c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 66, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.200 304.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07bd9',
    500: '#8942c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8942c8;
$custom-light: #b07bd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8942c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.791,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53539,
    "c": 0.20032,
    "h": 304.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8942C8

secondary

#B1D096

accent

#DE4A8F

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8942C8

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

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