#8B40BA#8B40BA

#8B40BA is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.189 H 309.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B40BA
RGB	rgb(139, 64, 186)
HSL	hsl(277, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(277, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.3%, 65.6%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.31, 52.57, -51.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.31, 73.55, 315.62°)
OKLab	oklab(52.56% 0.1205 -0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(52.56% 0.189 309.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.3420, 12.7013, 47.7722)
Luminance	0.1270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B40BA #6FBA40

analogous

#4E40BA #8B40BA #BA40AC

triadic

#8B40BA #BA8B40 #40BA8B

tetradic

#8B40BA #BA4E40 #6FBA40 #40ACBA

square

#8B40BA #BA4E40 #6FBA40 #40ACBA

split-complementary

#8B40BA #ACBA40 #40BA4E

monochromatic

#47215F #69308C #8B40BA #A76BCC #C299DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.93

#8B40BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#8B40BA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B40BA

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B40BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B40BA	1.00	5.93	3.54	5.93
#FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E65B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#845977

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b40ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 64, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.189 309.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17acf',
    500: '#8b40ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b40ba;
$custom-light: #b17acf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b40ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.885,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52557,
    "c": 0.18873,
    "h": 309.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B40BA

secondary

#A4C88E

accent

#D84F84

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B40BA

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

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