#8840D9#8840D9

#8840D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.221 H 300.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8840D9
RGB	rgb(136, 64, 217)
HSL	hsl(268, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(268, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 70.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.10, 59.17, -66.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.10, 89.02, 311.66°)
OKLab	oklab(54.45% 0.1126 -0.1897)
OKLCH	oklch(54.45% 0.221 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.5081, 13.9106, 67.0260)
Luminance	0.1391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8840D9 #91D940

analogous

#4045D9 #8840D9 #D440D9

triadic

#8840D9 #D98840 #40D988

tetradic

#8840D9 #D94045 #91D940 #40D9D4

square

#8840D9 #D94045 #91D940 #40D9D4

split-complementary

#8840D9 #D9D440 #45D940

monochromatic

#4C1A84 #6A24B7 #8840D9 #A873E3 #C8A6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.55

#8840D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#8840D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8840D9

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8840D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8840D9	1.00	5.55	3.78	5.55
#FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0067D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#766588

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8840d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 64, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.221 300.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17be6',
    500: '#8840d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8840d9;
$custom-light: #b17be6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8840d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.235,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54445,
    "c": 0.22055,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8840D9

secondary

#BCDA9A

accent

#EA3E99

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#110A16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8840D9

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

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