#8840D8#8840D8

#8840D8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.220 H 300.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8840D8
RGB	rgb(136, 64, 216)
HSL	hsl(268, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(268, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(37%, 70.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.03, 58.93, -66.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.03, 88.52, 311.74°)
OKLab	oklab(54.37% 0.1127 -0.1883)
OKLCH	oklch(54.37% 0.22 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.3784, 13.8587, 66.3431)
Luminance	0.1386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8840D8 #90D840

analogous

#4044D8 #8840D8 #D440D8

triadic

#8840D8 #D88840 #40D888

tetradic

#8840D8 #D84044 #90D840 #40D8D4

square

#8840D8 #D84044 #90D840 #40D8D4

split-complementary

#8840D8 #D8D440 #44D840

monochromatic

#4C1B83 #6A25B6 #8840D8 #A873E2 #C7A6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#8840D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#8840D8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8840D8

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8840D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8840D8	1.00	5.57	3.77	5.57
#FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0067D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#766588

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8840d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 64, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.220 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17be5',
    500: '#8840d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8840d8;
$custom-light: #b17be5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8840d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.421,
    "s": 66.087,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54368,
    "c": 0.2195,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8840D8

secondary

#BCDA9A

accent

#E93F98

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#110A16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8840D8

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

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