#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
RGBrgb(137, 73, 228)
HSLhsl(265, 74%, 59%)
HSVhsv(265, 68%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(39.9%, 68%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LABlab(46.56, 57.81, -68.77)
CIE-LCHlch(46.56, 89.85, 310.05°)
OKLaboklab(56.47% 0.1033 -0.1963)
OKLCHoklch(56.47% 0.222 297.8)
XYZxyz(26.6991, 15.6845, 75.0045)
Luminance0.1568 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

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
##8949E41.005.084.145.08
#FFFFFF5.081.0021.001.00
#0000004.1421.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.081.0021.001.00

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

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#8949E4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva