#8942CE#8942CE

#8942CE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.207 H 303.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8942CE
RGB	rgb(137, 66, 206)
HSL	hsl(270, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(270, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 68%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.76, 55.81, -60.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.76, 82.49, 312.58°)
OKLab	oklab(53.97% 0.1136 -0.1727)
OKLCH	oklch(53.97% 0.207 303.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.4027, 13.6710, 59.7864)
Luminance	0.1367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8942CE #87CE42

analogous

#4342CE #8942CE #CE42CD

triadic

#8942CE #CE8942 #42CE89

tetradic

#8942CE #CE4342 #87CE42 #42CDCE

square

#8942CE #CE4342 #87CE42 #42CDCE

split-complementary

#8942CE #CDCE42 #42CE43

monochromatic

#4B1F77 #6A2BA7 #8942CE #A773DB #C6A3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.62

#8942CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#8942CE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8942CE

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8942CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8942CE	1.00	5.62	3.73	5.62
#FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0067CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B6283

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8942ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 66, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.207 303.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17bde',
    500: '#8942ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8942ce;
$custom-light: #b17bde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8942ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.429,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53972,
    "c": 0.20671,
    "h": 303.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8942CE

secondary

#B5D498

accent

#E24693

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8942CE

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

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