#8A40C2#8A40C2

#8A40C2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.197 H 307.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A40C2
RGB	rgb(138, 64, 194)
HSL	hsl(274, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(274, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.9%, 67%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.71, 54.16, -55.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.71, 77.53, 314.32°)
OKLab	oklab(52.99% 0.1185 -0.1572)
OKLCH	oklch(52.99% 0.197 307)
XYZ	xyz(22.0502, 12.9654, 52.3694)
Luminance	0.1296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A40C2 #78C240

analogous

#4940C2 #8A40C2 #C240B9

triadic

#8A40C2 #C28A40 #40C28A

tetradic

#8A40C2 #C24940 #78C240 #40B9C2

square

#8A40C2 #C24940 #78C240 #40B9C2

split-complementary

#8A40C2 #B9C240 #40C249

monochromatic

#492167 #693095 #8A40C2 #A66ED1 #C39DE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.84

#8A40C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#8A40C2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A40C2

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A40C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A40C2	1.00	5.84	3.59	5.84
#FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2065BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#815C7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a40c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 64, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.197 307.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07ad5',
    500: '#8a40c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a40c2;
$custom-light: #b07ad5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a40c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.154,
    "s": 51.587,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52987,
    "c": 0.19682,
    "h": 307
  },
  "luminance": 0.12965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A40C2

secondary

#ABCC92

accent

#DB4D8A

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFA

border

#D0C9D3

text

#110A14

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A40C2

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

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