#8D40A5#8D40A5

#8D40A5 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.168 H 317.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D40A5
RGB	rgb(141, 64, 165)
HSL	hsl(286, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(286, 61%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 61.2%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.29, 48.50, -40.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.29, 63.28, 320.04°)
OKLab	oklab(51.46% 0.1235 -0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(51.46% 0.168 317.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.6085, 12.0469, 36.8824)
Luminance	0.1205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D40A5 #58A540

analogous

#5B40A5 #8D40A5 #A5408A

triadic

#8D40A5 #A58D40 #40A58D

tetradic

#8D40A5 #A55B40 #58A540 #408AA5

square

#8D40A5 #A55B40 #58A540 #408AA5

split-complementary

#8D40A5 #8AA540 #40A55B

monochromatic

#421E4D #672F79 #8D40A5 #AB61C2 #C28DD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.16

#8D40A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#8D40A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D40A5

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D40A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D40A5	1.00	6.16	3.41	6.16
#FFFFFF	6.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#245CA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4364A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C516C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d40a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 64, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.168 317.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b179c0',
    500: '#8d40a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d40a5;
$custom-light: #b179c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d40a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.743,
    "s": 44.105,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51463,
    "c": 0.16783,
    "h": 317.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D40A5

secondary

#91BE83

accent

#D45472

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EEF7

border

#D0C9D0

text

#110912

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D40A5

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

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