#8A40B9#8A40B9

#8A40B9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.187 H 309.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A40B9
RGB	rgb(138, 64, 185)
HSL	hsl(277, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(277, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 65.4%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.11, 52.12, -51.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.11, 73.04, 315.52°)
OKLab	oklab(52.37% 0.1192 -0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(52.37% 0.187 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.0699, 12.5732, 47.2065)
Luminance	0.1257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A40B9 #6FB940

analogous

#4E40B9 #8A40B9 #B940AC

triadic

#8A40B9 #B98A40 #40B98A

tetradic

#8A40B9 #B94E40 #6FB940 #40ACB9

square

#8A40B9 #B94E40 #6FB940 #40ACB9

split-complementary

#8A40B9 #ACB940 #40B94E

monochromatic

#46215E #68308C #8A40B9 #A66BCC #C198DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.98

#8A40B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#8A40B9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A40B9

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A40B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A40B9	1.00	5.98	3.51	5.98
#FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E64B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#835977

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a40b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 64, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.187 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07acf',
    500: '#8a40b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a40b9;
$custom-light: #b07acf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a40b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.694,
    "s": 48.594,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52366,
    "c": 0.18737,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A40B9

secondary

#A4C78E

accent

#D85085

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A40B9

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

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