#8942D9#8942D9

#8942D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.218 H 300.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8942D9
RGB	rgb(137, 66, 217)
HSL	hsl(268, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(268, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.9%, 69.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.55, 58.44, -65.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.55, 87.98, 311.62°)
OKLab	oklab(54.79% 0.112 -0.1875)
OKLCH	oklch(54.79% 0.218 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.7861, 14.2244, 67.0719)
Luminance	0.1422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8942D9 #92D942

analogous

#4246D9 #8942D9 #D542D9

triadic

#8942D9 #D98942 #42D989

tetradic

#8942D9 #D94246 #92D942 #42D9D5

square

#8942D9 #D94246 #92D942 #42D9D5

split-complementary

#8942D9 #D9D542 #46D942

monochromatic

#4D1B86 #6B25B9 #8942D9 #A975E3 #C9A8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.46

#8942D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#8942D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8942D9

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8942D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8942D9	1.00	5.46	3.84	5.46
#FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0068D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#776689

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8942d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 66, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.218 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17ce6',
    500: '#8942d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8942d9;
$custom-light: #b17ce6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8942d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.212,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5479,
    "c": 0.21838,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8942D9

secondary

#BDDB9C

accent

#E93E99

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#110A16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8942D9

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

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