#8A40BB#8A40BB

#8A40BB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.189 H 308.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A40BB
RGB	rgb(138, 64, 187)
HSL	hsl(276, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(276, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.2%, 65.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.24, 52.57, -52.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.24, 74.04, 315.24°)
OKLab	oklab(52.5% 0.1191 -0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(52.5% 0.189 308.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.2825, 12.6583, 48.3262)
Luminance	0.1266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A40BB #71BB40

analogous

#4D40BB #8A40BB #BB40AF

triadic

#8A40BB #BB8A40 #40BB8A

tetradic

#8A40BB #BB4D40 #71BB40 #40AFBB

square

#8A40BB #BB4D40 #71BB40 #40AFBB

split-complementary

#8A40BB #AFBB40 #40BB4D

monochromatic

#472160 #68308D #8A40BB #A66CCD #C299DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.95

#8A40BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#8A40BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A40BB

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A40BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A40BB	1.00	5.95	3.53	5.95
#FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B65B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#835A78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a40bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 64, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.189 308.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07ad0',
    500: '#8a40bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a40bb;
$custom-light: #b07ad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a40bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.098,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52502,
    "c": 0.18947,
    "h": 308.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A40BB

secondary

#A6C88F

accent

#D94F86

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A40BB

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

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