#8A40C8#8A40C8

#8A40C8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.203 H 305.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A40C8
RGB	rgb(138, 64, 200)
HSL	hsl(273, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(273, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 68%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.12, 55.55, -58.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.12, 80.52, 313.62°)
OKLab	oklab(53.41% 0.1178 -0.1655)
OKLCH	oklch(53.41% 0.203 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.7377, 13.2404, 55.9902)
Luminance	0.1324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A40C8 #7EC840

analogous

#4640C8 #8A40C8 #C840C2

triadic

#8A40C8 #C88A40 #40C88A

tetradic

#8A40C8 #C84640 #7EC840 #40C2C8

square

#8A40C8 #C84640 #7EC840 #40C2C8

split-complementary

#8A40C8 #C2C840 #40C846

monochromatic

#4A206E #6A2D9D #8A40C8 #A770D6 #C49FE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.76

#8A40C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#8A40C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A40C8

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A40C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A40C8	1.00	5.76	3.65	5.76
#FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1166C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F5E7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a40c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 64, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.203 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17ad9',
    500: '#8a40c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a40c8;
$custom-light: #b17ad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a40c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.647,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53413,
    "c": 0.20311,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A40C8

secondary

#AFD094

accent

#DF498D

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A40C8

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

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