#8240C8#8240C8

#8240C8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.201 H 302.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8240C8
RGB	rgb(130, 64, 200)
HSL	hsl(269, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(269, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 68%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.13, 53.92, -59.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.13, 80.64, 311.97°)
OKLab	oklab(52.48% 0.107 -0.1706)
OKLCH	oklch(52.48% 0.201 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.4622, 12.5827, 55.9304)
Luminance	0.1258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8240C8 #86C840

analogous

#4042C8 #8240C8 #C640C8

triadic

#8240C8 #C88240 #40C882

tetradic

#8240C8 #C84042 #86C840 #40C8C6

square

#8240C8 #C84042 #86C840 #40C8C6

split-complementary

#8240C8 #C8C640 #42C840

monochromatic

#46206E #642D9D #8240C8 #A170D6 #C09FE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.97

#8240C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#8240C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8240C8

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8240C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8240C8	1.00	5.97	3.52	5.97
#FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0063C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#745F7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8240c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(130, 64, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.201 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac7ada',
    500: '#8240c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8240c8;
$custom-light: #ac7ada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8240c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 130,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.118,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52483,
    "c": 0.20137,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8240C8

secondary

#B3D094

accent

#DF4996

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110915

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8240C8

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

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