#8A40BC#8A40BC

#8A40BC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.191 H 308.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A40BC
RGB	rgb(138, 64, 188)
HSL	hsl(276, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(276, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 66%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.31, 52.80, -52.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.31, 74.54, 315.10°)
OKLab	oklab(52.57% 0.119 -0.1488)
OKLCH	oklch(52.57% 0.191 308.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.3899, 12.7013, 48.8920)
Luminance	0.1270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A40BC #72BC40

analogous

#4C40BC #8A40BC #BC40B0

triadic

#8A40BC #BC8A40 #40BC8A

tetradic

#8A40BC #BC4C40 #72BC40 #40B0BC

square

#8A40BC #BC4C40 #72BC40 #40B0BC

split-complementary

#8A40BC #B0BC40 #40BC4C

monochromatic

#472161 #68308E #8A40BC #A66CCD #C29ADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.93

#8A40BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#8A40BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A40BC

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A40BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A40BC	1.00	5.93	3.54	5.93
#FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A65B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#835A78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a40bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 64, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.191 308.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07ad1',
    500: '#8a40bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a40bc;
$custom-light: #b07ad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a40bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.806,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52571,
    "c": 0.19052,
    "h": 308.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A40BC

secondary

#A6C98F

accent

#D94F87

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A40BC

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

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