#8A40C5#8A40C5

#8A40C5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.200 H 306.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A40C5
RGB	rgb(138, 64, 197)
HSL	hsl(273, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(273, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.9%, 67.5%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.92, 54.85, -56.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.92, 79.03, 313.96°)
OKLab	oklab(53.2% 0.1182 -0.1613)
OKLCH	oklch(53.2% 0.2 306.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.3905, 13.1015, 54.1618)
Luminance	0.1310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A40C5 #7BC540

analogous

#4740C5 #8A40C5 #C540BE

triadic

#8A40C5 #C58A40 #40C58A

tetradic

#8A40C5 #C54740 #7BC540 #40BEC5

square

#8A40C5 #C54740 #7BC540 #40BEC5

split-complementary

#8A40C5 #BEC540 #40C547

monochromatic

#49206A #6A2F99 #8A40C5 #A76FD3 #C49EE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.80

#8A40C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#8A40C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A40C5

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A40C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A40C5	1.00	5.80	3.62	5.80
#FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A66C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#805D7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a40c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 64, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.200 306.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17ad7',
    500: '#8a40c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a40c5;
$custom-light: #b17ad7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a40c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.383,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53198,
    "c": 0.19996,
    "h": 306.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A40C5

secondary

#ADCE93

accent

#DD4B8C

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFA

border

#D0C9D3

text

#110A14

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A40C5

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

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