#8A40D8#8A40D8

#8A40D8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.220 H 301.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A40D8
RGB	rgb(138, 64, 216)
HSL	hsl(269, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(269, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 70.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.27, 59.30, -65.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.27, 88.47, 312.09°)
OKLab	oklab(54.59% 0.1155 -0.1871)
OKLCH	oklch(54.59% 0.22 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.7063, 14.0278, 66.3585)
Luminance	0.1403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A40D8 #8ED840

analogous

#4042D8 #8A40D8 #D640D8

triadic

#8A40D8 #D88A40 #40D88A

tetradic

#8A40D8 #D84042 #8ED840 #40D8D6

square

#8A40D8 #D84042 #8ED840 #40D8D6

split-complementary

#8A40D8 #D8D640 #42D840

monochromatic

#4D1B83 #6B25B6 #8A40D8 #A973E2 #C8A6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.52

#8A40D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#8A40D8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A40D8

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A40D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A40D8	1.00	5.52	3.81	5.52
#FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0068D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#796588

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a40d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 64, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.220 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27be5',
    500: '#8a40d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a40d8;
$custom-light: #b27be5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a40d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.211,
    "s": 66.087,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54594,
    "c": 0.21984,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A40D8

secondary

#BBDA9A

accent

#E93F96

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A40D8

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

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