#8840BF#8840BF

#8840BF is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.193 H 307.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8840BF
RGB	rgb(136, 64, 191)
HSL	hsl(274, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(274, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.8%, 66.5%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.25, 53.04, -54.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.25, 76.04, 314.23°)
OKLab	oklab(52.54% 0.1161 -0.1543)
OKLCH	oklch(52.54% 0.193 307)
XYZ	xyz(21.3887, 12.6629, 50.5975)
Luminance	0.1266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8840BF #77BF40

analogous

#4940BF #8840BF #BF40B6

triadic

#8840BF #BF8840 #40BF88

tetradic

#8840BF #BF4940 #77BF40 #40B6BF

square

#8840BF #BF4940 #77BF40 #40B6BF

split-complementary

#8840BF #B6BF40 #40BF49

monochromatic

#472163 #673191 #8840BF #A56ECE #C19CDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.94

#8840BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#8840BF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8840BF

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8840BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8840BF	1.00	5.94	3.53	5.94
#FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2264BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F5B7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8840bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 64, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.193 307.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af7ad3',
    500: '#8840bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8840bf;
$custom-light: #af7ad3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8840bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.016,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52536,
    "c": 0.19311,
    "h": 307
  },
  "luminance": 0.12663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8840BF

secondary

#AACA91

accent

#D94E8B

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFA

border

#D0C9D3

text

#110914

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8840BF

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

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