#8A40D5#8A40D5

#8A40D5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.217 H 302.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A40D5
RGB	rgb(138, 64, 213)
HSL	hsl(270, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(270, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 70%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.05, 58.59, -64.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.05, 86.98, 312.35°)
OKLab	oklab(54.37% 0.116 -0.1831)
OKLCH	oklch(54.37% 0.217 302.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.3220, 13.8741, 64.3345)
Luminance	0.1387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A40D5 #8BD540

analogous

#4041D5 #8A40D5 #D540D5

triadic

#8A40D5 #D58A40 #40D58A

tetradic

#8A40D5 #D54041 #8BD540 #40D5D5

square

#8A40D5 #D54041 #8BD540 #40D5D5

split-complementary

#8A40D5 #D5D540 #41D540

monochromatic

#4D1C7F #6B27B1 #8A40D5 #A972E0 #C7A4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#8A40D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#8A40D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A40D5

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A40D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A40D5	1.00	5.56	3.77	5.56
#FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0068D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A6386

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a40d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 64, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.217 302.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27be3',
    500: '#8a40d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a40d5;
$custom-light: #b27be3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a40d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.799,
    "s": 63.948,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54368,
    "c": 0.21671,
    "h": 302.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A40D5

secondary

#B9D899

accent

#E74194

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#110A16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A40D5

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

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