#8948E6#8948E6

#8948E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.225 H 297.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8948E6
RGB	rgb(137, 72, 230)
HSL	hsl(265, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(265, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 68.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.53, 58.79, -69.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.53, 91.37, 310.05°)
OKLab	oklab(56.5% 0.104 -0.1998)
OKLCH	oklch(56.5% 0.225 297.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.9131, 15.6658, 76.4534)
Luminance	0.1567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8948E6 #A5E648

analogous

#4856E6 #8948E6 #D848E6

triadic

#8948E6 #E68948 #48E689

tetradic

#8948E6 #E64856 #A5E648 #48E6D8

square

#8948E6 #E64856 #A5E648 #48E6D8

split-complementary

#8948E6 #E6D848 #56E648

monochromatic

#4E169E #681DD4 #8948E6 #AC7EED #CEB4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#8948E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#8948E6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8948E6

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8948E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8948E6	1.00	5.08	4.13	5.08
#FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006CE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#726F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8948e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 72, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.225 297.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b280ef',
    500: '#8948e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8948e6;
$custom-light: #b280ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8948e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.684,
    "s": 75.962,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56503,
    "c": 0.22523,
    "h": 297.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8948E6

secondary

#CAE4A6

accent

#F335A5

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120A17

muted

#817C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8948E6

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

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