#8949E2#8949E2

#8949E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.220 H 298.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8949E2
RGB	rgb(137, 73, 226)
HSL	hsl(265, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(265, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 67.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.41, 57.31, -67.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.41, 88.84, 310.18°)
OKLab	oklab(56.32% 0.1036 -0.1937)
OKLCH	oklch(56.32% 0.22 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.4230, 15.5740, 73.5507)
Luminance	0.1557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8949E2 #A2E249

analogous

#4955E2 #8949E2 #D549E2

triadic

#8949E2 #E28949 #49E289

tetradic

#8949E2 #E24955 #A2E249 #49E2D5

square

#8949E2 #E24955 #A2E249 #49E2D5

split-complementary

#8949E2 #E2D549 #55E249

monochromatic

#4E1898 #6921CD #8949E2 #AB7EEA #CDB3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#8949E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#8949E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8949E2

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8949E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8949E2	1.00	5.10	4.11	5.10
#FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006CDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#736E90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8949e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 73, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.220 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b280ec',
    500: '#8949e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8949e2;
$custom-light: #b280ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8949e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.098,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56323,
    "c": 0.21969,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8949E2

secondary

#C8E2A5

accent

#EF39A3

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8949E2

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

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