#8840E0#8840E0

#8840E0 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.228 H 299.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8840E0
RGB	rgb(136, 64, 224)
HSL	hsl(267, 72%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(267, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.3%, 71.4%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.64, 60.86, -69.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.64, 92.48, 311.15°)
OKLab	oklab(54.99% 0.1113 -0.1989)
OKLCH	oklch(54.99% 0.228 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.4379, 14.2825, 71.9232)
Luminance	0.1428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8840E0 #98E040

analogous

#4048E0 #8840E0 #D840E0

triadic

#8840E0 #E08840 #40E088

tetradic

#8840E0 #E04048 #98E040 #40E0D8

square

#8840E0 #E04048 #98E040 #40E0D8

split-complementary

#8840E0 #E0D840 #48E040

monochromatic

#4D178E #6920C3 #8840E0 #A975E9 #CAA9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#8840E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#8840E0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8840E0

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8840E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8840E0	1.00	5.45	3.86	5.45
#FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0068DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73688C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8840e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 64, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.228 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27beb',
    500: '#8840e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8840e0;
$custom-light: #b27beb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8840e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267,
    "s": 72.072,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54987,
    "c": 0.22787,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8840E0

secondary

#C1DF9D

accent

#EF399D

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFD

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8840E0

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

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