#8A40D6#8A40D6

#8A40D6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.218 H 302.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A40D6
RGB	rgb(138, 64, 214)
HSL	hsl(270, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(270, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 70.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.13, 58.83, -64.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.13, 87.48, 312.26°)
OKLab	oklab(54.44% 0.1158 -0.1844)
OKLCH	oklch(54.44% 0.218 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.4493, 13.9250, 65.0050)
Luminance	0.1393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A40D6 #8CD640

analogous

#4041D6 #8A40D6 #D540D6

triadic

#8A40D6 #D68A40 #40D68A

tetradic

#8A40D6 #D64041 #8CD640 #40D6D5

square

#8A40D6 #D64041 #8CD640 #40D6D5

split-complementary

#8A40D6 #D6D540 #41D640

monochromatic

#4D1B80 #6B26B2 #8A40D6 #A972E1 #C8A5EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.55

#8A40D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#8A40D6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A40D6

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A40D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A40D6	1.00	5.55	3.79	5.55
#FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0068D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A6487

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a40d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 64, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.218 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27be4',
    500: '#8a40d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a40d6;
$custom-light: #b27be4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a40d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.6,
    "s": 64.655,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54443,
    "c": 0.21775,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A40D6

secondary

#B9D999

accent

#E84095

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A40D6

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

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