#8A40B7#8A40B7

#8A40B7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.185 H 310.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A40B7
RGB	rgb(138, 64, 183)
HSL	hsl(277, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(277, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 65%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.98, 51.67, -50.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.98, 72.05, 315.82°)
OKLab	oklab(52.23% 0.1194 -0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(52.23% 0.185 310.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.8602, 12.4894, 46.1024)
Luminance	0.1249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A40B7 #6DB740

analogous

#4E40B7 #8A40B7 #B740A8

triadic

#8A40B7 #B78A40 #40B78A

tetradic

#8A40B7 #B74E40 #6DB740 #40A8B7

square

#8A40B7 #B74E40 #6DB740 #40A8B7

split-complementary

#8A40B7 #A8B740 #40B74E

monochromatic

#46205C #68308A #8A40B7 #A669CB #C197DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.00

#8A40B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#8A40B7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A40B7

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A40B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A40B7	1.00	6.00	3.50	6.00
#FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3064B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#845876

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a40b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 64, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.185 310.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07acd',
    500: '#8a40b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a40b7;
$custom-light: #b07acd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a40b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.311,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52232,
    "c": 0.18527,
    "h": 310.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A40B7

secondary

#A2C68D

accent

#D85083

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#110913

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A40B7

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

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