#8A40D1#8A40D1

#8A40D1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.213 H 303.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A40D1
RGB	rgb(138, 64, 209)
HSL	hsl(271, 61%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(271, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(34%, 69.4%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.76, 57.65, -62.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.76, 85.00, 312.71°)
OKLab	oklab(54.07% 0.1166 -0.1777)
OKLCH	oklch(54.07% 0.213 303.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.8206, 13.6735, 61.6936)
Luminance	0.1367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A40D1 #87D140

analogous

#4140D1 #8A40D1 #D140CF

triadic

#8A40D1 #D18A40 #40D18A

tetradic

#8A40D1 #D14140 #87D140 #40CFD1

square

#8A40D1 #D14140 #87D140 #40CFD1

split-complementary

#8A40D1 #CFD140 #40D141

monochromatic

#4C1D79 #6B29AB #8A40D1 #A871DD #C6A3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.62

#8A40D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#8A40D1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A40D1

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A40D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A40D1	1.00	5.62	3.73	5.62
#FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0067CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C6284

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a40d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 64, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.213 303.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27ae0',
    500: '#8a40d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a40d1;
$custom-light: #b27ae0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a40d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.621,
    "s": 61.181,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54069,
    "c": 0.21253,
    "h": 303.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A40D1

secondary

#B6D597

accent

#E44492

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A40D1

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

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