#8A40D4#8A40D4

#8A40D4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.216 H 302.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A40D4
RGB	rgb(138, 64, 212)
HSL	hsl(270, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(270, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 69.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.98, 58.36, -63.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.98, 86.49, 312.43°)
OKLab	oklab(54.29% 0.1161 -0.1817)
OKLCH	oklch(54.29% 0.216 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.1955, 13.8235, 63.6681)
Luminance	0.1382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A40D4 #8AD440

analogous

#4040D4 #8A40D4 #D440D4

triadic

#8A40D4 #D48A40 #40D48A

tetradic

#8A40D4 #D44040 #8AD440 #40D4D4

square

#8A40D4 #D44040 #8AD440 #40D4D4

split-complementary

#8A40D4 #D4D440 #40D440

monochromatic

#4D1C7D #6B27AF #8A40D4 #A972DF #C7A4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#8A40D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#8A40D4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A40D4

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A40D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A40D4	1.00	5.58	3.76	5.58
#FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0067D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B6386

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a40d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 64, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.216 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27be2',
    500: '#8a40d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a40d4;
$custom-light: #b27be2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a40d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54293,
    "c": 0.21567,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A40D4

secondary

#B8D798

accent

#E64294

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#110A15

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A40D4

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

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