#8A40C4#8A40C4

#8A40C4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.199 H 306.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A40C4
RGB	rgb(138, 64, 196)
HSL	hsl(274, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(274, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.6%, 67.3%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.85, 54.62, -56.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.85, 78.53, 314.07°)
OKLab	oklab(53.13% 0.1183 -0.1599)
OKLCH	oklch(53.13% 0.199 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.2763, 13.0558, 53.5603)
Luminance	0.1306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A40C4 #7AC440

analogous

#4840C4 #8A40C4 #C440BC

triadic

#8A40C4 #C48A40 #40C48A

tetradic

#8A40C4 #C44840 #7AC440 #40BCC4

square

#8A40C4 #C44840 #7AC440 #40BCC4

split-complementary

#8A40C4 #BCC440 #40C448

monochromatic

#492069 #6A2F98 #8A40C4 #A76FD2 #C39EE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.82

#8A40C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#8A40C4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A40C4

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A40C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A40C4	1.00	5.82	3.61	5.82
#FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C66C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#805D7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a40c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 64, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.199 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17ad7',
    500: '#8a40c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a40c4;
$custom-light: #b17ad7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a40c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.636,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53128,
    "c": 0.19892,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A40C4

secondary

#ACCD93

accent

#DC4C8B

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFA

border

#D0C9D3

text

#110A14

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A40C4

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

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