#8A40D7#8A40D7

#8A40D7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.219 H 301.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A40D7
RGB	rgb(138, 64, 215)
HSL	hsl(269, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(269, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.8%, 70.2%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.20, 59.07, -65.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.20, 87.97, 312.18°)
OKLab	oklab(54.52% 0.1156 -0.1857)
OKLCH	oklch(54.52% 0.219 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.5774, 13.9763, 65.6797)
Luminance	0.1398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A40D7 #8DD740

analogous

#4042D7 #8A40D7 #D640D7

triadic

#8A40D7 #D78A40 #40D78A

tetradic

#8A40D7 #D74042 #8DD740 #40D7D6

square

#8A40D7 #D74042 #8DD740 #40D7D6

split-complementary

#8A40D7 #D7D640 #42D740

monochromatic

#4D1B81 #6B26B4 #8A40D7 #A973E2 #C8A5EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#8A40D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#8A40D7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A40D7

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A40D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A40D7	1.00	5.53	3.80	5.53
#FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0068D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A6487

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a40d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 64, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.219 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27be4',
    500: '#8a40d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a40d7;
$custom-light: #b27be4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a40d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.404,
    "s": 65.368,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54519,
    "c": 0.2188,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A40D7

secondary

#BAD99A

accent

#E83F96

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A40D7

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

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