#8C41D9#8C41D9

#8C41D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.220 H 302.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C41D9
RGB	rgb(140, 65, 217)
HSL	hsl(270, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(270, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 70%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.75, 59.46, -65.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.75, 88.41, 312.26°)
OKLab	oklab(55.01% 0.1171 -0.1864)
OKLCH	oklch(55.01% 0.22 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.2269, 14.3657, 67.0760)
Luminance	0.1437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C41D9 #8ED941

analogous

#4142D9 #8C41D9 #D841D9

triadic

#8C41D9 #D98C41 #41D98C

tetradic

#8C41D9 #D94142 #8ED941 #41D9D8

square

#8C41D9 #D94142 #8ED941 #41D9D8

split-complementary

#8C41D9 #D9D841 #42D941

monochromatic

#4F1B85 #6D25B8 #8C41D9 #AB74E3 #CAA7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42

#8C41D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#8C41D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C41D9

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C41D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C41D9	1.00	5.42	3.87	5.42
#FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0069D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C6589

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c41d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 65, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.220 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37be6',
    500: '#8c41d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c41d9;
$custom-light: #b37be6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c41d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.605,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55012,
    "c": 0.22008,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C41D9

secondary

#BBDB9B

accent

#EA3E95

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C41D9

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

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