#8B40D9#8B40D9

#8B40D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.221 H 301.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B40D9
RGB	rgb(139, 64, 217)
HSL	hsl(269, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(269, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.9%, 70.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.47, 59.73, -65.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.47, 88.94, 312.19°)
OKLab	oklab(54.78% 0.1167 -0.1878)
OKLCH	oklch(54.78% 0.221 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.0022, 14.1654, 67.0492)
Luminance	0.1417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B40D9 #8ED940

analogous

#4041D9 #8B40D9 #D840D9

triadic

#8B40D9 #D98B40 #40D98B

tetradic

#8B40D9 #D94041 #8ED940 #40D9D8

square

#8B40D9 #D94041 #8ED940 #40D9D8

split-complementary

#8B40D9 #D9D840 #41D940

monochromatic

#4E1A84 #6C24B7 #8B40D9 #AA73E3 #C9A6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.48

#8B40D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#8B40D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B40D9

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B40D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B40D9	1.00	5.48	3.83	5.48
#FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0068D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A6588

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b40d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 64, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.221 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37be6',
    500: '#8b40d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b40d9;
$custom-light: #b37be6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b40d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.412,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54784,
    "c": 0.22106,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B40D9

secondary

#BBDA9A

accent

#EA3E96

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B40D9

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

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