#8942C9#8942C9

#8942C9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.201 H 304.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8942C9
RGB	rgb(137, 66, 201)
HSL	hsl(272, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(272, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.8%, 67.2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.41, 54.63, -58.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.41, 79.98, 313.08°)
OKLab	oklab(53.61% 0.1142 -0.1659)
OKLCH	oklch(53.61% 0.201 304.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.8050, 13.4319, 56.6382)
Luminance	0.1343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8942C9 #82C942

analogous

#4642C9 #8942C9 #C942C5

triadic

#8942C9 #C98942 #42C989

tetradic

#8942C9 #C94642 #82C942 #42C5C9

square

#8942C9 #C94642 #82C942 #42C5C9

split-complementary

#8942C9 #C5C942 #42C946

monochromatic

#4A2070 #6A2EA0 #8942C9 #A772D7 #C4A1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.70

#8942C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#8942C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8942C9

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8942C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8942C9	1.00	5.70	3.69	5.70
#FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1167C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D6080

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8942c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 66, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.201 304.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07bda',
    500: '#8942c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8942c9;
$custom-light: #b07bda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8942c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.556,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5361,
    "c": 0.20138,
    "h": 304.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8942C9

secondary

#B2D196

accent

#DF4990

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8942C9

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

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