#8A40B4#8A40B4

#8A40B4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.182 H 311.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A40B4
RGB	rgb(138, 64, 180)
HSL	hsl(278, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(278, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 64.4%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.79, 51.00, -48.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.79, 70.55, 316.29°)
OKLab	oklab(52.03% 0.1195 -0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(52.03% 0.182 311)
XYZ	xyz(20.5513, 12.3658, 44.4754)
Luminance	0.1236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A40B4 #6AB440

analogous

#5040B4 #8A40B4 #B440A4

triadic

#8A40B4 #B48A40 #40B48A

tetradic

#8A40B4 #B45040 #6AB440 #40A4B4

square

#8A40B4 #B45040 #6AB440 #40A4B4

split-complementary

#8A40B4 #A4B440 #40B450

monochromatic

#45205A #673087 #8A40B4 #A668C9 #C195D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.05

#8A40B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.47

#8A40B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A40B4

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A40B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A40B4	1.00	6.05	3.47	6.05
#FFFFFF	6.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3364B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#855774

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a40b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 64, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.182 311.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07acb',
    500: '#8a40b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a40b4;
$custom-light: #b07acb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a40b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.276,
    "s": 47.541,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52032,
    "c": 0.18213,
    "h": 311
  },
  "luminance": 0.12365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A40B4

secondary

#A0C58B

accent

#D75181

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#110913

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A40B4

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

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