#8240D4#8240D4

#8240D4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.214 H 299.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8240D4
RGB	rgb(130, 64, 212)
HSL	hsl(267, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(267, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.7%, 69.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.01, 56.85, -65.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.01, 86.69, 310.98°)
OKLab	oklab(53.39% 0.1052 -0.1867)
OKLCH	oklch(53.39% 0.214 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.9200, 13.1658, 63.6083)
Luminance	0.1317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8240D4 #92D440

analogous

#4048D4 #8240D4 #CC40D4

triadic

#8240D4 #D48240 #40D482

tetradic

#8240D4 #D44048 #92D440 #40D4CC

square

#8240D4 #D44048 #92D440 #40D4CC

split-complementary

#8240D4 #D4CC40 #48D440

monochromatic

#481C7D #6427AF #8240D4 #A372DF #C3A4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.78

#8240D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#8240D4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8240D4

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8240D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8240D4	1.00	5.78	3.63	5.78
#FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0064D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F6486

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8240d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(130, 64, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.214 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad7ae2',
    500: '#8240d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8240d4;
$custom-light: #ad7ae2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8240d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 130,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.757,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53392,
    "c": 0.21433,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8240D4

secondary

#BBD798

accent

#E6429D

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#110A15

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8240D4

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

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