#8A40B5#8A40B5

#8A40B5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.183 H 310.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A40B5
RGB	rgb(138, 64, 181)
HSL	hsl(278, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(278, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.8%, 64.6%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.86, 51.22, -49.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.86, 71.05, 316.13°)
OKLab	oklab(52.1% 0.1195 -0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(52.1% 0.183 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.6535, 12.4067, 45.0138)
Luminance	0.1241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A40B5 #6BB540

analogous

#5040B5 #8A40B5 #B540A5

triadic

#8A40B5 #B58A40 #40B58A

tetradic

#8A40B5 #B55040 #6BB540 #40A5B5

square

#8A40B5 #B55040 #6BB540 #40A5B5

split-complementary

#8A40B5 #A5B540 #40B550

monochromatic

#45205B #683088 #8A40B5 #A668CA #C196DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.03

#8A40B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.48

#8A40B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A40B5

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A40B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A40B5	1.00	6.03	3.48	6.03
#FFFFFF	6.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3264B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#845775

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a40b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 64, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.183 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07acc',
    500: '#8a40b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a40b5;
$custom-light: #b07acc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a40b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.949,
    "s": 47.755,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52098,
    "c": 0.18317,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A40B5

secondary

#A1C58B

accent

#D75082

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#110913

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A40B5

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

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