#8B40BE#8B40BE

#8B40BE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.193 H 308.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B40BE
RGB	rgb(139, 64, 190)
HSL	hsl(276, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(276, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.8%, 66.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.57, 53.47, -53.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.57, 75.54, 315.06°)
OKLab	oklab(52.83% 0.1202 -0.1509)
OKLCH	oklch(52.83% 0.193 308.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.7732, 12.8738, 50.0431)
Luminance	0.1287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B40BE #73BE40

analogous

#4C40BE #8B40BE #BE40B2

triadic

#8B40BE #BE8B40 #40BE8B

tetradic

#8B40BE #BE4C40 #73BE40 #40B2BE

square

#8B40BE #BE4C40 #73BE40 #40B2BE

split-complementary

#8B40BE #B2BE40 #40BE4C

monochromatic

#482162 #6A3190 #8B40BE #A76DCE #C39BDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.87

#8B40BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#8B40BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B40BE

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B40BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B40BE	1.00	5.87	3.57	5.87
#FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2865BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#835B7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b40be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 64, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.193 308.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17ad2',
    500: '#8b40be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b40be;
$custom-light: #b17ad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b40be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.714,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5283,
    "c": 0.19291,
    "h": 308.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B40BE

secondary

#A7C990

accent

#D94F87

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFA

border

#D0C9D3

text

#110914

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B40BE

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

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