#8540D7#8540D7

#8540D7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.218 H 299.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8540D7
RGB	rgb(133, 64, 215)
HSL	hsl(267, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(267, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 70.2%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.59, 58.14, -66.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.59, 88.11, 311.29°)
OKLab	oklab(53.96% 0.1088 -0.1889)
OKLCH	oklch(53.96% 0.218 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.7690, 13.5594, 65.6418)
Luminance	0.1356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8540D7 #92D740

analogous

#4047D7 #8540D7 #D040D7

triadic

#8540D7 #D78540 #40D785

tetradic

#8540D7 #D74047 #92D740 #40D7D0

square

#8540D7 #D74047 #92D740 #40D7D0

split-complementary

#8540D7 #D7D040 #47D740

monochromatic

#4A1B81 #6726B4 #8540D7 #A573E2 #C6A5EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.66

#8540D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#8540D7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8540D7

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8540D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8540D7	1.00	5.66	3.71	5.66
#FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0066D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#726587

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8540d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 64, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.218 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af7ae4',
    500: '#8540d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8540d7;
$custom-light: #af7ae4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8540d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.417,
    "s": 65.368,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53956,
    "c": 0.21797,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8540D7

secondary

#BCD99A

accent

#E83F9B

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#110A16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8540D7

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

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