#8B40D0#8B40D0

#8B40D0 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.212 H 303.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B40D0
RGB	rgb(139, 64, 208)
HSL	hsl(271, 61%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(271, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.2%, 69.2%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.81, 57.61, -61.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.81, 84.48, 312.99°)
OKLab	oklab(54.11% 0.1181 -0.1757)
OKLCH	oklch(54.11% 0.212 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.8634, 13.7099, 61.0514)
Luminance	0.1371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B40D0 #85D040

analogous

#4340D0 #8B40D0 #D040CD

triadic

#8B40D0 #D08B40 #40D08B

tetradic

#8B40D0 #D04340 #85D040 #40CDD0

square

#8B40D0 #D04340 #85D040 #40CDD0

split-complementary

#8B40D0 #CDD040 #40D043

monochromatic

#4D1E78 #6C2AA9 #8B40D0 #A971DC #C7A2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.61

#8B40D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#8B40D0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B40D0

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B40D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B40D0	1.00	5.61	3.74	5.61
#FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0067CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E6183

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b40d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 64, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.212 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27bdf',
    500: '#8b40d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b40d0;
$custom-light: #b27bdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b40d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.25,
    "s": 60.504,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54112,
    "c": 0.2117,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B40D0

secondary

#B5D597

accent

#E44491

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B40D0

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

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