#8A40D2#8A40D2

#8A40D2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.214 H 303.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A40D2
RGB	rgb(138, 64, 210)
HSL	hsl(270, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(270, 70%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 69.5%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.83, 57.88, -62.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.83, 85.50, 312.61°)
OKLab	oklab(54.14% 0.1164 -0.179)
OKLCH	oklch(54.14% 0.214 303)
XYZ	xyz(23.9448, 13.7232, 62.3476)
Luminance	0.1372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A40D2 #88D240

analogous

#4140D2 #8A40D2 #D240D1

triadic

#8A40D2 #D28A40 #40D28A

tetradic

#8A40D2 #D24140 #88D240 #40D1D2

square

#8A40D2 #D24140 #88D240 #40D1D2

split-complementary

#8A40D2 #D1D240 #40D241

monochromatic

#4C1D7B #6B29AC #8A40D2 #A872DE #C7A3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.61

#8A40D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#8A40D2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A40D2

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A40D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A40D2	1.00	5.61	3.74	5.61
#FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0067CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C6284

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a40d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 64, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.214 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27be1',
    500: '#8a40d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a40d2;
$custom-light: #b27be1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a40d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.411,
    "s": 61.864,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54144,
    "c": 0.21358,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.13723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A40D2

secondary

#B6D698

accent

#E54393

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A40D2

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

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