#8A40BE#8A40BE

#8A40BE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.193 H 308.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A40BE
RGB	rgb(138, 64, 190)
HSL	hsl(275, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(275, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 66.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.44, 53.25, -53.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.44, 75.54, 314.83°)
OKLab	oklab(52.71% 0.1188 -0.1516)
OKLCH	oklch(52.71% 0.193 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.6070, 12.7881, 50.0353)
Luminance	0.1279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A40BE #74BE40

analogous

#4B40BE #8A40BE #BE40B3

triadic

#8A40BE #BE8A40 #40BE8A

tetradic

#8A40BE #BE4B40 #74BE40 #40B3BE

square

#8A40BE #BE4B40 #74BE40 #40B3BE

split-complementary

#8A40BE #B3BE40 #40BE4B

monochromatic

#472162 #693190 #8A40BE #A66DCE #C29BDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.90

#8A40BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#8A40BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A40BE

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A40BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A40BE	1.00	5.90	3.56	5.90
#FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2765BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#825B7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a40be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 64, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.193 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07ad2',
    500: '#8a40be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a40be;
$custom-light: #b07ad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a40be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.238,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52708,
    "c": 0.19261,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A40BE

secondary

#A8C990

accent

#D94F88

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFA

border

#D0C9D3

text

#110914

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A40BE

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

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