#8947E6#8947E6

#8947E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.226 H 297.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8947E6
RGB	rgb(137, 71, 230)
HSL	hsl(265, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(265, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 69.1%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.36, 59.27, -70.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.36, 91.89, 310.16°)
OKLab	oklab(56.38% 0.105 -0.2006)
OKLCH	oklch(56.38% 0.226 297.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.8490, 15.5376, 76.4321)
Luminance	0.1554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8947E6 #A4E647

analogous

#4755E6 #8947E6 #D947E6

triadic

#8947E6 #E68947 #47E689

tetradic

#8947E6 #E64755 #A4E647 #47E6D9

square

#8947E6 #E64755 #A4E647 #47E6D9

split-complementary

#8947E6 #E6D947 #55E647

monochromatic

#4E159D #681DD3 #8947E6 #AC7DED #CEB3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#8947E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#8947E6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8947E6

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8947E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8947E6	1.00	5.11	4.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006CE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#726E91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8947e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 71, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.226 297.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27fef',
    500: '#8947e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8947e6;
$custom-light: #b27fef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8947e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.906,
    "s": 76.077,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56381,
    "c": 0.2264,
    "h": 297.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8947E6

secondary

#CAE4A5

accent

#F335A4

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120A17

muted

#817C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8947E6

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

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