#8942E2#8942E2

#8942E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.228 H 299.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8942E2
RGB	rgb(137, 66, 226)
HSL	hsl(267, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(267, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 70.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.23, 60.61, -69.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.23, 92.45, 310.97°)
OKLab	oklab(55.48% 0.1104 -0.1993)
OKLCH	oklch(55.48% 0.228 299)
XYZ	xyz(25.9887, 14.7054, 73.4060)
Luminance	0.1471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8942E2 #9BE242

analogous

#424BE2 #8942E2 #D942E2

triadic

#8942E2 #E28942 #42E289

tetradic

#8942E2 #E2424B #9BE242 #42E2D9

square

#8942E2 #E2424B #9BE242 #42E2D9

split-complementary

#8942E2 #E2D942 #4BE242

monochromatic

#4E1793 #6A1FC8 #8942E2 #AA77EA #CBACF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.33

#8942E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#8942E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8942E2

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8942E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8942E2	1.00	5.33	3.94	5.33
#FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006ADF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#746A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8942e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 66, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.228 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27cec',
    500: '#8942e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8942e2;
$custom-light: #b27cec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8942e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.625,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55481,
    "c": 0.22787,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.14706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8942E2

secondary

#C4E09F

accent

#F0389E

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFD

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8942E2

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

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