#8B40D6#8B40D6

#8B40D6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.218 H 302.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B40D6
RGB	rgb(139, 64, 214)
HSL	hsl(270, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(270, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 70.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.25, 59.02, -64.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.25, 87.45, 312.44°)
OKLab	oklab(54.56% 0.1172 -0.1838)
OKLCH	oklch(54.56% 0.218 302.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.6156, 14.0108, 65.0128)
Luminance	0.1401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B40D6 #8BD640

analogous

#4040D6 #8B40D6 #D640D6

triadic

#8B40D6 #D68B40 #40D68B

tetradic

#8B40D6 #D64040 #8BD640 #40D6D6

square

#8B40D6 #D64040 #8BD640 #40D6D6

split-complementary

#8B40D6 #D6D640 #40D640

monochromatic

#4E1B80 #6C26B2 #8B40D6 #AA72E1 #C8A5EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.52

#8B40D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#8B40D6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B40D6

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B40D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B40D6	1.00	5.52	3.80	5.52
#FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0068D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C6487

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b40d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 64, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.218 302.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37be4',
    500: '#8b40d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b40d6;
$custom-light: #b37be4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b40d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 64.655,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54558,
    "c": 0.21794,
    "h": 302.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B40D6

secondary

#B9D999

accent

#E84094

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B40D6

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

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