#8B40C6#8B40C6

#8B40C6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.201 H 306.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B40C6
RGB	rgb(139, 64, 198)
HSL	hsl(274, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(274, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 67.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.11, 55.29, -57.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.11, 79.52, 314.06°)
OKLab	oklab(53.39% 0.1194 -0.162)
OKLCH	oklch(53.39% 0.201 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.6717, 13.2332, 54.7750)
Luminance	0.1323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B40C6 #7BC640

analogous

#4840C6 #8B40C6 #C640BE

triadic

#8B40C6 #C68B40 #40C68B

tetradic

#8B40C6 #C64840 #7BC640 #40BEC6

square

#8B40C6 #C64840 #7BC640 #40BEC6

split-complementary

#8B40C6 #BEC640 #40C648

monochromatic

#4A206C #6B2E9B #8B40C6 #A86FD4 #C49EE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.76

#8B40C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#8B40C6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B40C6

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B40C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B40C6	1.00	5.76	3.65	5.76
#FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A66C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#815E7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b40c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 64, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.201 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17ad8',
    500: '#8b40c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b40c6;
$custom-light: #b17ad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b40c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.582,
    "s": 54.032,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53389,
    "c": 0.20127,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B40C6

secondary

#ADCE93

accent

#DD4A8B

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFA

border

#D0C9D3

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B40C6

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

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