#8840C8#8840C8

#8840C8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.203 H 304.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8840C8
RGB	rgb(136, 64, 200)
HSL	hsl(272, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(272, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 68%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.87, 55.14, -58.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.87, 80.55, 313.20°)
OKLab	oklab(53.18% 0.1151 -0.1668)
OKLCH	oklch(53.18% 0.203 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.4097, 13.0713, 55.9748)
Luminance	0.1307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8840C8 #80C840

analogous

#4440C8 #8840C8 #C840C4

triadic

#8840C8 #C88840 #40C888

tetradic

#8840C8 #C84440 #80C840 #40C4C8

square

#8840C8 #C84440 #80C840 #40C4C8

split-complementary

#8840C8 #C4C840 #40C844

monochromatic

#49206E #692D9D #8840C8 #A670D6 #C39FE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.81

#8840C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#8840C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8840C8

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8840C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8840C8	1.00	5.81	3.61	5.81
#FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0A65C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C5F7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8840c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 64, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.203 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07ada',
    500: '#8840c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8840c8;
$custom-light: #b07ada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8840c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.765,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53177,
    "c": 0.20264,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8840C8

secondary

#B0D094

accent

#DF4990

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8840C8

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

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