#944AD8#944AD8

#944AD8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.210 H 304.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#944AD8
RGB	rgb(148, 74, 216)
HSL	hsl(271, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(271, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.5%, 65.7%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.17, 56.61, -60.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.17, 83.14, 312.91°)
OKLab	oklab(56.93% 0.1185 -0.1728)
OKLCH	oklch(56.93% 0.21 304.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.0534, 16.1514, 66.6447)
Luminance	0.1615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#944AD8 #8ED84A

analogous

#4D4AD8 #944AD8 #D84AD5

triadic

#944AD8 #D8944A #4AD894

tetradic

#944AD8 #D84D4A #8ED84A #4AD5D8

square

#944AD8 #D84D4A #8ED84A #4AD5D8

split-complementary

#944AD8 #D5D84A #4AD84D

monochromatic

#561E8A #7629BC #944AD8 #B27CE3 #D0AFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#944AD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#944AD8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #944AD8

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##944AD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##944AD8	1.00	4.96	4.23	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B70D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87698B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #944ad8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(148, 74, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.210 304.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b881e5',
    500: '#944ad8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #944ad8;
$custom-light: #b881e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#944ad8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 148,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.268,
    "s": 64.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56934,
    "c": 0.20955,
    "h": 304.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#944AD8

secondary

#BEDCA2

accent

#E84090

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F7EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #944AD8

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

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