#8A40D3#8A40D3

#8A40D3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.215 H 302.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A40D3
RGB	rgb(138, 64, 211)
HSL	hsl(270, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(270, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.6%, 69.7%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.91, 58.12, -63.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.91, 85.99, 312.52°)
OKLab	oklab(54.22% 0.1163 -0.1804)
OKLCH	oklch(54.22% 0.215 302.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.0697, 13.7732, 63.0058)
Luminance	0.1377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A40D3 #89D340

analogous

#4140D3 #8A40D3 #D340D3

triadic

#8A40D3 #D38A40 #40D38A

tetradic

#8A40D3 #D34140 #89D340 #40D3D3

square

#8A40D3 #D34140 #89D340 #40D3D3

split-complementary

#8A40D3 #D3D340 #40D341

monochromatic

#4D1D7C #6B28AE #8A40D3 #A872DE #C7A3EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#8A40D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#8A40D3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A40D3

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A40D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A40D3	1.00	5.59	3.75	5.59
#FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0067D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B6385

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a40d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 64, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.215 302.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27be1',
    500: '#8a40d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a40d3;
$custom-light: #b27be1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a40d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.204,
    "s": 62.553,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54218,
    "c": 0.21462,
    "h": 302.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A40D3

secondary

#B7D798

accent

#E64293

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A40D3

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

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