#8440C9#8440C9

#8440C9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.203 H 302.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8440C9
RGB	rgb(132, 64, 201)
HSL	hsl(270, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(270, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 68.2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.44, 54.57, -60.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.44, 81.11, 312.28°)
OKLab	oklab(52.79% 0.1096 -0.1707)
OKLCH	oklch(52.79% 0.203 302.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.8893, 12.7893, 56.5624)
Luminance	0.1279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8440C9 #85C940

analogous

#4041C9 #8440C9 #C840C9

triadic

#8440C9 #C98440 #40C984

tetradic

#8440C9 #C94041 #85C940 #40C9C8

square

#8440C9 #C94041 #85C940 #40C9C8

split-complementary

#8440C9 #C9C840 #41C940

monochromatic

#471F6F #652D9F #8440C9 #A370D6 #C19FE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.90

#8440C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#8440C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8440C9

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8440C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8440C9	1.00	5.90	3.56	5.90
#FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0064C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#76607F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8440c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(132, 64, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.203 302.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad7ada',
    500: '#8440c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8440c9;
$custom-light: #ad7ada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8440c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 132,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.781,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52786,
    "c": 0.20285,
    "h": 302.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8440C9

secondary

#B3D094

accent

#DF4994

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110915

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8440C9

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

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