#8946E3#8946E3

#8946E3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.224 H 298.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8946E3
RGB	rgb(137, 70, 227)
HSL	hsl(266, 74%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(266, 69%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.6%, 69.2%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.97, 59.00, -69.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.97, 90.91, 310.46°)
OKLab	oklab(56.03% 0.1064 -0.1975)
OKLCH	oklch(56.03% 0.224 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.3683, 15.2443, 74.2114)
Luminance	0.1525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8946E3 #A0E346

analogous

#4651E3 #8946E3 #D746E3

triadic

#8946E3 #E38946 #46E389

tetradic

#8946E3 #E34651 #A0E346 #46E3D7

square

#8946E3 #E34651 #A0E346 #46E3D7

split-complementary

#8946E3 #E3D746 #51E346

monochromatic

#4E1798 #691FCD #8946E3 #AB7BEB #CDB0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.19

#8946E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#8946E3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8946E3

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8946E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8946E3	1.00	5.19	4.05	5.19
#FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006BE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#736C90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8946e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 70, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.224 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27eed',
    500: '#8946e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8946e3;
$custom-light: #b27eed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8946e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.605,
    "s": 73.709,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5603,
    "c": 0.22433,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8946E3

secondary

#C7E2A3

accent

#F037A1

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFD

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8946E3

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

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