#8B40D1#8B40D1

#8B40D1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.213 H 303.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B40D1
RGB	rgb(139, 64, 209)
HSL	hsl(271, 61%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(271, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 69.4%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.89, 57.84, -62.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.89, 84.98, 312.90°)
OKLab	oklab(54.19% 0.1179 -0.1771)
OKLCH	oklch(54.19% 0.213 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.9868, 13.7593, 61.7014)
Luminance	0.1376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B40D1 #86D140

analogous

#4240D1 #8B40D1 #D140CF

triadic

#8B40D1 #D18B40 #40D18B

tetradic

#8B40D1 #D14240 #86D140 #40CFD1

square

#8B40D1 #D14240 #86D140 #40CFD1

split-complementary

#8B40D1 #CFD140 #40D142

monochromatic

#4D1D79 #6C29AB #8B40D1 #A971DD #C7A3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.60

#8B40D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#8B40D1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B40D1

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B40D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B40D1	1.00	5.60	3.75	5.60
#FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0067CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D6284

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b40d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 64, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.213 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27be0',
    500: '#8b40d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b40d1;
$custom-light: #b27be0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b40d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.034,
    "s": 61.181,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54185,
    "c": 0.21274,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B40D1

secondary

#B5D597

accent

#E44491

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B40D1

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

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