#8840DD#8840DD

#8840DD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.225 H 299.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8840DD
RGB	rgb(136, 64, 221)
HSL	hsl(268, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(268, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 71%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.41, 60.14, -68.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.41, 91.00, 311.36°)
OKLab	oklab(54.75% 0.1118 -0.1949)
OKLCH	oklch(54.75% 0.225 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.0346, 14.1212, 69.7993)
Luminance	0.1412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8840DD #95DD40

analogous

#4046DD #8840DD #D740DD

triadic

#8840DD #DD8840 #40DD88

tetradic

#8840DD #DD4046 #95DD40 #40DDD7

square

#8840DD #DD4046 #95DD40 #40DDD7

split-complementary

#8840DD #DDD740 #46DD40

monochromatic

#4D198A #6922BE #8840DD #A874E6 #C9A8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.49

#8840DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#8840DD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8840DD

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8840DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8840DD	1.00	5.49	3.82	5.49
#FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0068DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74678B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8840dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 64, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.225 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17be9',
    500: '#8840dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8840dd;
$custom-light: #b17be9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8840dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.516,
    "s": 69.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54753,
    "c": 0.22474,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8840DD

secondary

#BFDD9C

accent

#ED3B9B

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFD

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8840DD

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

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