#8D40B2#8D40B2

#8D40B2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.181 H 313.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D40B2
RGB	rgb(141, 64, 178)
HSL	hsl(281, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(281, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 64%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.07, 51.27, -47.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.07, 69.62, 317.42°)
OKLab	oklab(52.28% 0.1235 -0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(52.28% 0.181 313)
XYZ	xyz(20.8524, 12.5444, 43.4337)
Luminance	0.1254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D40B2 #65B240

analogous

#5440B2 #8D40B2 #B2409E

triadic

#8D40B2 #B28D40 #40B28D

tetradic

#8D40B2 #B25440 #65B240 #409EB2

square

#8D40B2 #B25440 #65B240 #409EB2

split-complementary

#8D40B2 #9EB240 #40B254

monochromatic

#462058 #693085 #8D40B2 #A967C8 #C294D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.98

#8D40B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#8D40B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D40B2

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D40B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D40B2	1.00	5.98	3.51	5.98
#FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B5FB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3965AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#895673

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d40b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 64, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.181 313.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27aca',
    500: '#8d40b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d40b2;
$custom-light: #b27aca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d40b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.526,
    "s": 47.107,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52277,
    "c": 0.18112,
    "h": 313
  },
  "luminance": 0.12544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D40B2

secondary

#9DC48A

accent

#D7517C

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF8

border

#D0C9D1

text

#110913

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D40B2

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

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