#8948E2#8948E2

#8948E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.221 H 298.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8948E2
RGB	rgb(137, 72, 226)
HSL	hsl(265, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(265, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 68.1%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.24, 57.80, -68.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.24, 89.37, 310.30°)
OKLab	oklab(56.2% 0.1046 -0.1945)
OKLCH	oklch(56.2% 0.221 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.3579, 15.4437, 73.5290)
Luminance	0.1544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8948E2 #A1E248

analogous

#4854E2 #8948E2 #D648E2

triadic

#8948E2 #E28948 #48E289

tetradic

#8948E2 #E24854 #A1E248 #48E2D6

square

#8948E2 #E24854 #A1E248 #48E2D6

split-complementary

#8948E2 #E2D648 #54E248

monochromatic

#4E1898 #6920CC #8948E2 #AB7DEA #CDB2F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.14

#8948E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.09

#8948E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8948E2

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8948E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8948E2	1.00	5.14	4.09	5.14
#FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006CDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#746D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8948e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 72, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.221 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b280ec',
    500: '#8948e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8948e2;
$custom-light: #b280ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8948e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.325,
    "s": 72.642,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56199,
    "c": 0.22089,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8948E2

secondary

#C8E1A4

accent

#EF38A2

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8948E2

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

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