#8840C7#8840C7

#8840C7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.202 H 304.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8840C7
RGB	rgb(136, 64, 199)
HSL	hsl(272, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(272, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 67.8%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.80, 54.90, -58.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.80, 80.05, 313.31°)
OKLab	oklab(53.11% 0.1153 -0.1654)
OKLCH	oklch(53.11% 0.202 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.2932, 13.0247, 55.3613)
Luminance	0.1303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8840C7 #7FC740

analogous

#4540C7 #8840C7 #C740C3

triadic

#8840C7 #C78840 #40C788

tetradic

#8840C7 #C74540 #7FC740 #40C3C7

square

#8840C7 #C74540 #7FC740 #40C3C7

split-complementary

#8840C7 #C3C740 #40C745

monochromatic

#49206D #692E9C #8840C7 #A56FD5 #C39FE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.83

#8840C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#8840C7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8840C7

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8840C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8840C7	1.00	5.83	3.61	5.83
#FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E65C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C5E7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8840c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 64, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.202 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af7ad9',
    500: '#8840c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8840c7;
$custom-light: #af7ad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8840c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53105,
    "c": 0.20158,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8840C7

secondary

#AFCF94

accent

#DE4A8F

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8840C7

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

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