#8B40C7#8B40C7

#8B40C7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.202 H 306.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B40C7
RGB	rgb(139, 64, 199)
HSL	hsl(273, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(273, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.2%, 67.8%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.18, 55.52, -57.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.18, 80.01, 313.94°)
OKLab	oklab(53.46% 0.1193 -0.1634)
OKLCH	oklch(53.46% 0.202 306.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.7874, 13.2795, 55.3845)
Luminance	0.1328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B40C7 #7CC740

analogous

#4840C7 #8B40C7 #C740C0

triadic

#8B40C7 #C78B40 #40C78B

tetradic

#8B40C7 #C74840 #7CC740 #40C0C7

square

#8B40C7 #C74840 #7CC740 #40C0C7

split-complementary

#8B40C7 #C0C740 #40C748

monochromatic

#4B206D #6B2E9C #8B40C7 #A86FD5 #C49FE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.74

#8B40C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#8B40C7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B40C7

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B40C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B40C7	1.00	5.74	3.66	5.74
#FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1766C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#815E7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b40c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 64, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.202 306.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17ad9',
    500: '#8b40c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b40c7;
$custom-light: #b17ad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b40c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.333,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5346,
    "c": 0.20231,
    "h": 306.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B40C7

secondary

#AECF94

accent

#DE4A8C

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B40C7

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

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