#8B40D8#8B40D8

#8B40D8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.220 H 302.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B40D8
RGB	rgb(139, 64, 216)
HSL	hsl(270, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(270, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.6%, 70.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.40, 59.49, -65.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.40, 88.44, 312.27°)
OKLab	oklab(54.71% 0.1168 -0.1864)
OKLCH	oklch(54.71% 0.22 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.8726, 14.1135, 66.3662)
Luminance	0.1411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B40D8 #8DD840

analogous

#4041D8 #8B40D8 #D740D8

triadic

#8B40D8 #D88B40 #40D88B

tetradic

#8B40D8 #D84041 #8DD840 #40D8D7

square

#8B40D8 #D84041 #8DD840 #40D8D7

split-complementary

#8B40D8 #D8D740 #41D840

monochromatic

#4E1B83 #6C25B6 #8B40D8 #AA73E2 #C9A6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.49

#8B40D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#8B40D8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B40D8

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B40D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B40D8	1.00	5.49	3.82	5.49
#FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0068D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B6588

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b40d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 64, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.220 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37be5',
    500: '#8b40d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b40d8;
$custom-light: #b37be5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b40d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.605,
    "s": 66.087,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54708,
    "c": 0.22002,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B40D8

secondary

#BADA9A

accent

#E93F95

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B40D8

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

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