#8540D9#8540D9

#8540D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.220 H 299.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8540D9
RGB	rgb(133, 64, 217)
HSL	hsl(267, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(267, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.7%, 70.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.75, 58.63, -67.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.75, 89.11, 311.14°)
OKLab	oklab(54.11% 0.1084 -0.1915)
OKLCH	oklch(54.11% 0.22 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.0275, 13.6628, 67.0035)
Luminance	0.1366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8540D9 #94D940

analogous

#4047D9 #8540D9 #D240D9

triadic

#8540D9 #D98540 #40D985

tetradic

#8540D9 #D94047 #94D940 #40D9D2

square

#8540D9 #D94047 #94D940 #40D9D2

split-complementary

#8540D9 #D9D240 #47D940

monochromatic

#4A1A84 #6724B7 #8540D9 #A673E3 #C6A6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.63

#8540D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#8540D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8540D9

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8540D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8540D9	1.00	5.63	3.73	5.63
#FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0066D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#716688

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8540d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 64, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.220 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af7ae6',
    500: '#8540d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8540d9;
$custom-light: #af7ae6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8540d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.059,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5411,
    "c": 0.22009,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8540D9

secondary

#BEDA9A

accent

#EA3E9C

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#110A16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8540D9

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

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