#8A40B8#8A40B8

#8A40B8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.186 H 309.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A40B8
RGB	rgb(138, 64, 184)
HSL	hsl(277, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(277, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 65.2%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.05, 51.89, -50.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.05, 72.55, 315.67°)
OKLab	oklab(52.3% 0.1193 -0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(52.3% 0.186 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.9647, 12.5312, 46.6525)
Luminance	0.1253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A40B8 #6EB840

analogous

#4E40B8 #8A40B8 #B840AA

triadic

#8A40B8 #B88A40 #40B88A

tetradic

#8A40B8 #B84E40 #6EB840 #40AAB8

square

#8A40B8 #B84E40 #6EB840 #40AAB8

split-complementary

#8A40B8 #AAB840 #40B84E

monochromatic

#46205D #68308B #8A40B8 #A66ACB #C197DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.99

#8A40B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#8A40B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A40B8

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A40B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A40B8	1.00	5.99	3.51	5.99
#FFFFFF	5.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F64B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#845876

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a40b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 64, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.186 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07ace',
    500: '#8a40b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a40b8;
$custom-light: #b07ace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a40b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52299,
    "c": 0.18632,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A40B8

secondary

#A3C78D

accent

#D85084

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A40B8

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

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