#8B40D7#8B40D7

#8B40D7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.219 H 302.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B40D7
RGB	rgb(139, 64, 215)
HSL	hsl(270, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(270, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.3%, 70.2%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.32, 59.25, -64.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.32, 87.95, 312.36°)
OKLab	oklab(54.63% 0.117 -0.1851)
OKLCH	oklch(54.63% 0.219 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.7437, 14.0620, 65.6875)
Luminance	0.1406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B40D7 #8CD740

analogous

#4041D7 #8B40D7 #D640D7

triadic

#8B40D7 #D78B40 #40D78B

tetradic

#8B40D7 #D74041 #8CD740 #40D7D6

square

#8B40D7 #D74041 #8CD740 #40D7D6

split-complementary

#8B40D7 #D7D640 #41D740

monochromatic

#4E1B81 #6C26B4 #8B40D7 #AA73E2 #C8A5EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#8B40D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#8B40D7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B40D7

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B40D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B40D7	1.00	5.51	3.81	5.51
#FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0068D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B6487

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b40d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 64, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.219 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37be4',
    500: '#8b40d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b40d7;
$custom-light: #b37be4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b40d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.801,
    "s": 65.368,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54633,
    "c": 0.21899,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B40D7

secondary

#BAD99A

accent

#E83F94

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B40D7

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

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