#8947E2#8947E2

#8947E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.222 H 298.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8947E2
RGB	rgb(137, 71, 226)
HSL	hsl(266, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(266, 69%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 68.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.06, 58.28, -68.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.06, 89.89, 310.41°)
OKLab	oklab(56.08% 0.1056 -0.1954)
OKLCH	oklch(56.08% 0.222 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.2937, 15.3154, 73.5076)
Luminance	0.1532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8947E2 #A0E247

analogous

#4752E2 #8947E2 #D647E2

triadic

#8947E2 #E28947 #47E289

tetradic

#8947E2 #E24752 #A0E247 #47E2D6

square

#8947E2 #E24752 #A0E247 #47E2D6

split-complementary

#8947E2 #E2D647 #52E247

monochromatic

#4E1897 #6920CC #8947E2 #AB7CEA #CDB1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#8947E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#8947E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8947E2

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8947E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8947E2	1.00	5.17	4.06	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006CDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#746C8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8947e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 71, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.222 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27fec',
    500: '#8947e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8947e2;
$custom-light: #b27fec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8947e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.548,
    "s": 72.77,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56075,
    "c": 0.22208,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8947E2

secondary

#C7E1A4

accent

#EF38A1

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8947E2

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

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