#8949E4#8949E4

#8949E4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.222 H 297.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8949E4
RGB	rgb(137, 73, 228)
HSL	hsl(265, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(265, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.9%, 68%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.56, 57.81, -68.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.56, 89.85, 310.05°)
OKLab	oklab(56.47% 0.1033 -0.1963)
OKLCH	oklch(56.47% 0.222 297.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.6991, 15.6845, 75.0045)
Luminance	0.1568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8949E4 #A4E449

analogous

#4957E4 #8949E4 #D749E4

triadic

#8949E4 #E48949 #49E489

tetradic

#8949E4 #E44957 #A4E449 #49E4D7

square

#8949E4 #E44957 #A4E449 #49E4D7

split-complementary

#8949E4 #E4D749 #57E449

monochromatic

#4E179C #681FD1 #8949E4 #AC7EEC #CEB4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#8949E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#8949E4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8949E4

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8949E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8949E4	1.00	5.08	4.14	5.08
#FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006DE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#736E91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8949e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 73, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.222 297.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b280ed',
    500: '#8949e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8949e4;
$custom-light: #b280ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8949e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.774,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56475,
    "c": 0.22187,
    "h": 297.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8949E4

secondary

#CAE3A6

accent

#F137A4

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8949E4

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

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