#8944E3#8944E3

#8944E3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.227 H 298.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8944E3
RGB	rgb(137, 68, 227)
HSL	hsl(266, 74%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(266, 70%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.6%, 70%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.63, 59.94, -69.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.63, 91.94, 310.69°)
OKLab	oklab(55.79% 0.1083 -0.1991)
OKLCH	oklch(55.79% 0.227 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.2452, 14.9983, 74.1704)
Luminance	0.1500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8944E3 #9EE344

analogous

#444EE3 #8944E3 #D944E3

triadic

#8944E3 #E38944 #44E389

tetradic

#8944E3 #E3444E #9EE344 #44E3D9

square

#8944E3 #E3444E #9EE344 #44E3D9

split-complementary

#8944E3 #E3D944 #4EE344

monochromatic

#4E1696 #691ECB #8944E3 #AB79EB #CCAEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.25

#8944E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#8944E3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8944E3

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8944E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8944E3	1.00	5.25	4.00	5.25
#FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006AE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#736B8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8944e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 68, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.227 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27ded',
    500: '#8944e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8944e3;
$custom-light: #b27ded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8944e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.038,
    "s": 73.953,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55791,
    "c": 0.22665,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8944E3

secondary

#C6E1A2

accent

#F137A0

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFD

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8944E3

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

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