#8C40D8#8C40D8

#8C40D8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.220 H 302.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C40D8
RGB	rgb(140, 64, 216)
HSL	hsl(270, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(270, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 70.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.52, 59.68, -65.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.52, 88.41, 312.45°)
OKLab	oklab(54.82% 0.1182 -0.1858)
OKLCH	oklch(54.82% 0.22 302.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.0403, 14.2001, 66.3741)
Luminance	0.1420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C40D8 #8CD840

analogous

#4040D8 #8C40D8 #D840D8

triadic

#8C40D8 #D88C40 #40D88C

tetradic

#8C40D8 #D84040 #8CD840 #40D8D8

square

#8C40D8 #D84040 #8CD840 #40D8D8

split-complementary

#8C40D8 #D8D840 #40D840

monochromatic

#4F1B83 #6D25B6 #8C40D8 #AB73E2 #C9A6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.47

#8C40D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#8C40D8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C40D8

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C40D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C40D8	1.00	5.47	3.84	5.47
#FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0069D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C6488

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c40d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 64, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.220 302.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37be5',
    500: '#8c40d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c40d8;
$custom-light: #b37be5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c40d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 66.087,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54823,
    "c": 0.22021,
    "h": 302.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C40D8

secondary

#BADA9A

accent

#E93F94

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C40D8

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

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