#8B40D2#8B40D2

#8B40D2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.214 H 303.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B40D2
RGB	rgb(139, 64, 210)
HSL	hsl(271, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(271, 70%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.8%, 69.5%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.96, 58.08, -62.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.96, 85.47, 312.80°)
OKLab	oklab(54.26% 0.1178 -0.1784)
OKLCH	oklch(54.26% 0.214 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.1110, 13.8089, 62.3554)
Luminance	0.1381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B40D2 #87D240

analogous

#4240D2 #8B40D2 #D240D0

triadic

#8B40D2 #D28B40 #40D28B

tetradic

#8B40D2 #D24240 #87D240 #40D0D2

square

#8B40D2 #D24240 #87D240 #40D0D2

split-complementary

#8B40D2 #D0D240 #40D242

monochromatic

#4D1D7B #6C29AC #8B40D2 #A972DE #C7A3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#8B40D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#8B40D2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B40D2

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B40D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B40D2	1.00	5.58	3.76	5.58
#FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0068CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D6284

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b40d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 64, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.214 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27be1',
    500: '#8b40d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b40d2;
$custom-light: #b27be1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b40d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.822,
    "s": 61.864,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54259,
    "c": 0.21378,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B40D2

secondary

#B6D698

accent

#E54392

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B40D2

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

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