#8B40C8#8B40C8

#8B40C8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.203 H 305.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B40C8
RGB	rgb(139, 64, 200)
HSL	hsl(273, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(273, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 68%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.25, 55.75, -58.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.25, 80.51, 313.83°)
OKLab	oklab(53.53% 0.1192 -0.1648)
OKLCH	oklch(53.53% 0.203 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.9039, 13.3261, 55.9980)
Luminance	0.1333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B40C8 #7DC840

analogous

#4740C8 #8B40C8 #C840C1

triadic

#8B40C8 #C88B40 #40C88B

tetradic

#8B40C8 #C84740 #7DC840 #40C1C8

square

#8B40C8 #C84740 #7DC840 #40C1C8

split-complementary

#8B40C8 #C1C840 #40C847

monochromatic

#4B206E #6B2D9D #8B40C8 #A870D6 #C59FE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.73

#8B40C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#8B40C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B40C8

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B40C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B40C8	1.00	5.73	3.67	5.73
#FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1566C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#805E7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b40c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 64, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.203 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27ad9',
    500: '#8b40c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b40c8;
$custom-light: #b27ad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b40c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.088,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53531,
    "c": 0.20336,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B40C8

secondary

#AFD094

accent

#DF498C

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B40C8

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

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