#8949C8#8949C8

#8949C8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.191 H 303.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8949C8
RGB	rgb(137, 73, 200)
HSL	hsl(270, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(270, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.5%, 63.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.59, 50.94, -55.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.59, 75.65, 312.33°)
OKLab	oklab(54.44% 0.1064 -0.1586)
OKLCH	oklch(54.44% 0.191 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.1220, 14.2536, 56.1655)
Luminance	0.1425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8949C8 #88C849

analogous

#4949C8 #8949C8 #C849C7

triadic

#8949C8 #C88949 #49C889

tetradic

#8949C8 #C84949 #88C849 #49C7C8

square

#8949C8 #C84949 #88C849 #49C7C8

split-complementary

#8949C8 #C7C849 #49C849

monochromatic

#4C2374 #6A31A3 #8949C8 #A778D6 #C6A7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#8949C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#8949C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8949C8

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8949C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8949C8	1.00	5.45	3.85	5.45
#FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2469C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D6482

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8949c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 73, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.191 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07fd9',
    500: '#8949c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8949c8;
$custom-light: #b07fd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8949c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.236,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54444,
    "c": 0.19097,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8949C8

secondary

#B6D29B

accent

#DD4B93

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8949C8

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

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