#8949BF#8949BF

#8949BF is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.181 H 306.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8949BF
RGB	rgb(137, 73, 191)
HSL	hsl(273, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(273, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.3%, 61.8%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.01, 48.80, -51.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.01, 71.05, 313.38°)
OKLab	oklab(53.83% 0.1069 -0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(53.83% 0.181 306.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.1010, 13.8452, 50.7882)
Luminance	0.1384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8949BF #7FBF49

analogous

#4E49BF #8949BF #BF49BA

triadic

#8949BF #BF8949 #49BF89

tetradic

#8949BF #BF4E49 #7FBF49 #49BABF

square

#8949BF #BF4E49 #7FBF49 #49BABF

split-complementary

#8949BF #BABF49 #49BF4E

monochromatic

#4A2569 #6A3596 #8949BF #A676CF #C4A4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#8949BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#8949BF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8949BF

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8949BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8949BF	1.00	5.57	3.77	5.57
#FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0566C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3168BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80617D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8949bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 73, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.181 306.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af7fd3',
    500: '#8949bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8949bf;
$custom-light: #af7fd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8949bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.542,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53834,
    "c": 0.18094,
    "h": 306.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8949BF

secondary

#B0CC98

accent

#D8508E

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFA

border

#D0C9D3

text

#110A14

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8949BF

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

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