#8540D8#8540D8

#8540D8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.219 H 299.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8540D8
RGB	rgb(133, 64, 216)
HSL	hsl(267, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(267, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 70.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.67, 58.38, -66.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.67, 88.61, 311.21°)
OKLab	oklab(54.03% 0.1086 -0.1902)
OKLCH	oklch(54.03% 0.219 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.8978, 13.6110, 66.3206)
Luminance	0.1361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8540D8 #93D840

analogous

#4047D8 #8540D8 #D140D8

triadic

#8540D8 #D88540 #40D885

tetradic

#8540D8 #D84047 #93D840 #40D8D1

square

#8540D8 #D84047 #93D840 #40D8D1

split-complementary

#8540D8 #D8D140 #47D840

monochromatic

#4A1B83 #6725B6 #8540D8 #A573E2 #C6A6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.64

#8540D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.72

#8540D8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8540D8

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8540D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8540D8	1.00	5.64	3.72	5.64
#FFFFFF	5.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0066D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#726588

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8540d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 64, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.219 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af7ae5',
    500: '#8540d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8540d8;
$custom-light: #af7ae5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8540d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.237,
    "s": 66.087,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54033,
    "c": 0.21903,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8540D8

secondary

#BDDA9A

accent

#E93F9C

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#110A16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8540D8

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

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