#8948E8#8948E8

#8948E8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.227 H 297.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8948E8
RGB	rgb(137, 72, 232)
HSL	hsl(264, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(264, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 69%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.68, 59.29, -70.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.68, 92.37, 309.93°)
OKLab	oklab(56.66% 0.1037 -0.2024)
OKLCH	oklch(56.66% 0.227 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.1956, 15.7788, 77.9411)
Luminance	0.1578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8948E8 #A7E848

analogous

#4857E8 #8948E8 #D948E8

triadic

#8948E8 #E88948 #48E889

tetradic

#8948E8 #E84857 #A7E848 #48E8D9

square

#8948E8 #E84857 #A7E848 #48E8D9

split-complementary

#8948E8 #E8D948 #57E848

monochromatic

#4E14A1 #681BD8 #8948E8 #AC7EEF #CFB5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05

#8948E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#8948E8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8948E8

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8948E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8948E8	1.00	5.05	4.16	5.05
#FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006DE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#716F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8948e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 72, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.227 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b280f0',
    500: '#8948e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8948e8;
$custom-light: #b280f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8948e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.375,
    "s": 77.67,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56657,
    "c": 0.2274,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8948E8

secondary

#CCE5A7

accent

#F434A6

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120A17

muted

#817C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8948E8

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

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