#8A40D9#8A40D9

#8A40D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.221 H 301.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A40D9
RGB	rgb(138, 64, 217)
HSL	hsl(269, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(269, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 70.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.35, 59.54, -66.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.35, 88.96, 312.01°)
OKLab	oklab(54.67% 0.1153 -0.1884)
OKLCH	oklch(54.67% 0.221 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.8360, 14.0797, 67.0414)
Luminance	0.1408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A40D9 #8FD940

analogous

#4042D9 #8A40D9 #D740D9

triadic

#8A40D9 #D98A40 #40D98A

tetradic

#8A40D9 #D94042 #8FD940 #40D9D7

square

#8A40D9 #D94042 #8FD940 #40D9D7

split-complementary

#8A40D9 #D9D740 #42D940

monochromatic

#4E1A84 #6C24B7 #8A40D9 #A973E3 #C9A6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.50

#8A40D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#8A40D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A40D9

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A40D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A40D9	1.00	5.50	3.82	5.50
#FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0068D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#796588

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a40d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 64, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.221 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27be6',
    500: '#8a40d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a40d9;
$custom-light: #b27be6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a40d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.02,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5467,
    "c": 0.22088,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A40D9

secondary

#BBDA9A

accent

#EA3E97

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A40D9

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

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