#8949CE#8949CE

#8949CE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.198 H 302.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8949CE
RGB	rgb(137, 73, 206)
HSL	hsl(269, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(269, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 64.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.00, 52.39, -58.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.00, 78.71, 311.73°)
OKLab	oklab(54.86% 0.106 -0.1668)
OKLCH	oklch(54.86% 0.198 302.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.8370, 14.5396, 59.9312)
Luminance	0.1454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8949CE #8ECE49

analogous

#494CCE #8949CE #CC49CE

triadic

#8949CE #CE8949 #49CE89

tetradic

#8949CE #CE494C #8ECE49 #49CECC

square

#8949CE #CE494C #8ECE49 #49CECC

split-complementary

#8949CE #CECC49 #4CCE49

monochromatic

#4D217B #6B2EAC #8949CE #A879DB #C8A9E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#8949CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#8949CE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8949CE

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8949CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8949CE	1.00	5.37	3.91	5.37
#FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#176ACB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B6685

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8949ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 73, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.198 302.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b080de',
    500: '#8949ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8949ce;
$custom-light: #b080de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8949ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.872,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54862,
    "c": 0.19765,
    "h": 302.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8949CE

secondary

#BAD59D

accent

#E14797

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8949CE

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

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