#8A40B3#8A40B3

#8A40B3 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.181 H 311.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A40B3
RGB	rgb(138, 64, 179)
HSL	hsl(279, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(279, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 64.2%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.73, 50.78, -48.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.73, 70.06, 316.45°)
OKLab	oklab(51.97% 0.1196 -0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(51.97% 0.181 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.4498, 12.3252, 43.9408)
Luminance	0.1232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A40B3 #69B340

analogous

#5140B3 #8A40B3 #B340A2

triadic

#8A40B3 #B38A40 #40B38A

tetradic

#8A40B3 #B35140 #69B340 #40A2B3

square

#8A40B3 #B35140 #69B340 #40A2B3

split-complementary

#8A40B3 #A2B340 #40B351

monochromatic

#442059 #673086 #8A40B3 #A667C9 #C194D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.06

#8A40B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.47

#8A40B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A40B3

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A40B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A40B3	1.00	6.06	3.47	6.06
#FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#015FB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3464B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#855774

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a40b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 64, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.181 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07aca',
    500: '#8a40b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a40b3;
$custom-light: #b07aca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a40b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.609,
    "s": 47.325,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51966,
    "c": 0.18109,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A40B3

secondary

#9FC48A

accent

#D75181

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF8

border

#D0C9D1

text

#110913

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A40B3

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

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