#8942D8#8942D8

#8942D8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.217 H 301.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8942D8
RGB	rgb(137, 66, 216)
HSL	hsl(268, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(268, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 69.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.48, 58.20, -65.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.48, 87.48, 311.70°)
OKLab	oklab(54.72% 0.1121 -0.1861)
OKLCH	oklch(54.72% 0.217 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.6564, 14.1725, 66.3890)
Luminance	0.1417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8942D8 #91D842

analogous

#4246D8 #8942D8 #D442D8

triadic

#8942D8 #D88942 #42D889

tetradic

#8942D8 #D84246 #91D842 #42D8D4

square

#8942D8 #D84246 #91D842 #42D8D4

split-complementary

#8942D8 #D8D442 #46D842

monochromatic

#4D1B84 #6B26B7 #8942D8 #A975E2 #C8A7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.48

#8942D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#8942D8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8942D8

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8942D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8942D8	1.00	5.48	3.83	5.48
#FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0068D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#786688

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8942d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 66, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.217 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17ce5',
    500: '#8942d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8942d8;
$custom-light: #b17ce5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8942d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.4,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54715,
    "c": 0.21732,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8942D8

secondary

#BDDA9C

accent

#E93F98

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#110A16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8942D8

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

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