#944AD9#944AD9

#944AD9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.211 H 304.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#944AD9
RGB	rgb(148, 74, 217)
HSL	hsl(271, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(271, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.8%, 65.9%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.24, 56.84, -61.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.24, 83.64, 312.81°)
OKLab	oklab(57% 0.1184 -0.1742)
OKLCH	oklch(57% 0.211 304.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.1831, 16.2033, 67.3277)
Luminance	0.1620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#944AD9 #8FD94A

analogous

#4D4AD9 #944AD9 #D94AD7

triadic

#944AD9 #D9944A #4AD994

tetradic

#944AD9 #D94D4A #8FD94A #4AD7D9

square

#944AD9 #D94D4A #8FD94A #4AD7D9

split-complementary

#944AD9 #D7D94A #4AD94D

monochromatic

#561D8B #7628BE #944AD9 #B27DE4 #D0AFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#944AD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#944AD9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #944AD9

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##944AD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##944AD9	1.00	4.95	4.24	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1970D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#876A8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #944ad9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(148, 74, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.211 304.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b881e6',
    500: '#944ad9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #944ad9;
$custom-light: #b881e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#944ad9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 148,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.049,
    "s": 65.297,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57004,
    "c": 0.21061,
    "h": 304.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#944AD9

secondary

#BEDCA2

accent

#E84091

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F7EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #944AD9

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

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