#8949DD#8949DD

#8949DD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.214 H 299.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8949DD
RGB	rgb(137, 73, 221)
HSL	hsl(266, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(266, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 67%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.05, 56.07, -65.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.05, 86.32, 310.51°)
OKLab	oklab(55.95% 0.1043 -0.1871)
OKLCH	oklch(55.95% 0.214 299.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.7469, 15.3036, 69.9900)
Luminance	0.1530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8949DD #9DDD49

analogous

#4953DD #8949DD #D349DD

triadic

#8949DD #DD8949 #49DD89

tetradic

#8949DD #DD4953 #9DDD49 #49DDD3

square

#8949DD #DD4953 #9DDD49 #49DDD3

split-complementary

#8949DD #DDD349 #53DD49

monochromatic

#4E1B91 #6A25C4 #8949DD #AA7DE7 #CCB0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#8949DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#8949DD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8949DD

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8949DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8949DD	1.00	5.17	4.06	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006CDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#766C8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8949dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 73, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.214 299.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b180e8',
    500: '#8949dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8949dd;
$custom-light: #b180e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8949dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.946,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55949,
    "c": 0.21421,
    "h": 299.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8949DD

secondary

#C5DFA3

accent

#EB3CA0

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110A16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8949DD

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

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