#8840BB#8840BB

#8840BB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.189 H 308.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8840BB
RGB	rgb(136, 64, 187)
HSL	hsl(275, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(275, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.3%, 65.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.98, 52.12, -52.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.98, 74.03, 314.76°)
OKLab	oklab(52.26% 0.1165 -0.1487)
OKLCH	oklch(52.26% 0.189 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.9545, 12.4892, 48.3108)
Luminance	0.1249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8840BB #73BB40

analogous

#4B40BB #8840BB #BB40B1

triadic

#8840BB #BB8840 #40BB88

tetradic

#8840BB #BB4B40 #73BB40 #40B1BB

square

#8840BB #BB4B40 #73BB40 #40B1BB

split-complementary

#8840BB #B1BB40 #40BB4B

monochromatic

#462160 #67308D #8840BB #A46CCD #C099DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.00

#8840BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#8840BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8840BB

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8840BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8840BB	1.00	6.00	3.50	6.00
#FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2864B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#805A78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8840bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 64, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.189 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af7ad0',
    500: '#8840bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8840bb;
$custom-light: #af7ad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8840bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.122,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52259,
    "c": 0.18888,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8840BB

secondary

#A7C88F

accent

#D94F88

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8840BB

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

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