#8A40C7#8A40C7

#8A40C7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.202 H 305.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A40C7
RGB	rgb(138, 64, 199)
HSL	hsl(273, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(273, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 67.8%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.05, 55.32, -57.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.05, 80.02, 313.73°)
OKLab	oklab(53.34% 0.1179 -0.1641)
OKLCH	oklch(53.34% 0.202 305.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.6212, 13.1938, 55.3767)
Luminance	0.1319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A40C7 #7DC740

analogous

#4740C7 #8A40C7 #C740C1

triadic

#8A40C7 #C78A40 #40C78A

tetradic

#8A40C7 #C74740 #7DC740 #40C1C7

square

#8A40C7 #C74740 #7DC740 #40C1C7

split-complementary

#8A40C7 #C1C740 #40C747

monochromatic

#4A206D #6A2E9C #8A40C7 #A76FD5 #C49FE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.77

#8A40C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.64

#8A40C7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A40C7

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A40C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A40C7	1.00	5.77	3.64	5.77
#FFFFFF	5.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1566C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F5E7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a40c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 64, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.202 305.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17ad9',
    500: '#8a40c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a40c7;
$custom-light: #b17ad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a40c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.889,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53341,
    "c": 0.20206,
    "h": 305.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A40C7

secondary

#AFCF94

accent

#DE4A8D

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A40C7

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

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