#8240D9#8240D9

#8240D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.220 H 298.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8240D9
RGB	rgb(130, 64, 217)
HSL	hsl(266, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(266, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 70.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.39, 58.09, -67.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.39, 89.20, 310.63°)
OKLab	oklab(53.78% 0.1043 -0.1934)
OKLCH	oklch(53.78% 0.22 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.5605, 13.4220, 66.9816)
Luminance	0.1342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8240D9 #97D940

analogous

#404BD9 #8240D9 #CE40D9

triadic

#8240D9 #D98240 #40D982

tetradic

#8240D9 #D9404B #97D940 #40D9CE

square

#8240D9 #D9404B #97D940 #40D9CE

split-complementary

#8240D9 #D9CE40 #4BD940

monochromatic

#481A84 #6424B7 #8240D9 #A373E3 #C5A6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.70

#8240D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#8240D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8240D9

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8240D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8240D9	1.00	5.70	3.68	5.70
#FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0065D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6D6688

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8240d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(130, 64, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.220 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad7ae6',
    500: '#8240d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8240d9;
$custom-light: #ad7ae6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8240d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 130,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.882,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53781,
    "c": 0.21969,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8240D9

secondary

#BFDA9A

accent

#EA3EA0

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#110A16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8240D9

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

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