#8A40B2#8A40B2

#8A40B2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.180 H 311.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A40B2
RGB	rgb(138, 64, 178)
HSL	hsl(279, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(279, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 64%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.67, 50.56, -47.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.67, 69.56, 316.62°)
OKLab	oklab(51.9% 0.1196 -0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(51.9% 0.18 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.3490, 12.2849, 43.4101)
Luminance	0.1228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A40B2 #68B240

analogous

#5140B2 #8A40B2 #B240A1

triadic

#8A40B2 #B28A40 #40B28A

tetradic

#8A40B2 #B25140 #68B240 #40A1B2

square

#8A40B2 #B25140 #68B240 #40A1B2

split-complementary

#8A40B2 #A1B240 #40B251

monochromatic

#442058 #673085 #8A40B2 #A667C8 #C094D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.07

#8A40B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.46

#8A40B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A40B2

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A40B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A40B2	1.00	6.07	3.46	6.07
#FFFFFF	6.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#055FB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3564AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#855673

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a40b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 64, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.180 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af79ca',
    500: '#8a40b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a40b2;
$custom-light: #af79ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a40b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.947,
    "s": 47.107,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.519,
    "c": 0.18004,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A40B2

secondary

#9EC48A

accent

#D75180

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF8

border

#D0C9D1

text

#110913

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A40B2

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

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