#8840CD#8840CD

#8840CD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.208 H 303.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8840CD
RGB	rgb(136, 64, 205)
HSL	hsl(271, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(271, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.7%, 68.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.22, 56.31, -61.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.22, 83.05, 312.70°)
OKLab	oklab(53.54% 0.1145 -0.1736)
OKLCH	oklch(53.54% 0.208 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.0036, 13.3088, 59.1027)
Luminance	0.1331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8840CD #85CD40

analogous

#4140CD #8840CD #CD40CC

triadic

#8840CD #CD8840 #40CD88

tetradic

#8840CD #CD4140 #85CD40 #40CCCD

square

#8840CD #CD4140 #85CD40 #40CCCD

split-complementary

#8840CD #CCCD40 #40CD41

monochromatic

#4A1E74 #692BA5 #8840CD #A671DA #C4A1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.73

#8840CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#8840CD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8840CD

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8840CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8840CD	1.00	5.73	3.66	5.73
#FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0066CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A6182

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8840cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 64, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.208 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07add',
    500: '#8840cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8840cd;
$custom-light: #b07add;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8840cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.638,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53542,
    "c": 0.20792,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8840CD

secondary

#B4D396

accent

#E24692

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8840CD

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

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