#8B40BC#8B40BC

#8B40BC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.191 H 309.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B40BC
RGB	rgb(139, 64, 188)
HSL	hsl(276, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(276, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 66%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.44, 53.02, -52.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.44, 74.54, 315.34°)
OKLab	oklab(52.69% 0.1203 -0.1481)
OKLCH	oklch(52.69% 0.191 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.5561, 12.7870, 48.8998)
Luminance	0.1279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B40BC #71BC40

analogous

#4D40BC #8B40BC #BC40AF

triadic

#8B40BC #BC8B40 #40BC8B

tetradic

#8B40BC #BC4D40 #71BC40 #40AFBC

square

#8B40BC #BC4D40 #71BC40 #40AFBC

split-complementary

#8B40BC #AFBC40 #40BC4D

monochromatic

#472161 #69308E #8B40BC #A76CCD #C29ADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.90

#8B40BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#8B40BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B40BC

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B40BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B40BC	1.00	5.90	3.56	5.90
#FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B65B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#845A78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b40bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 64, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.191 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17ad1',
    500: '#8b40bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b40bc;
$custom-light: #b17ad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b40bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.29,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52693,
    "c": 0.19082,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B40BC

secondary

#A6C98F

accent

#D94F85

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B40BC

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

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