#8D40B3#8D40B3

#8D40B3 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.182 H 312.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D40B3
RGB	rgb(141, 64, 179)
HSL	hsl(280, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(280, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.2%, 64.2%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.13, 51.48, -47.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.13, 70.11, 317.25°)
OKLab	oklab(52.34% 0.1234 -0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(52.34% 0.182 312.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.9531, 12.5848, 43.9644)
Luminance	0.1258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D40B3 #66B340

analogous

#5440B3 #8D40B3 #B3409F

triadic

#8D40B3 #B38D40 #40B38D

tetradic

#8D40B3 #B35440 #66B340 #409FB3

square

#8D40B3 #B35440 #66B340 #409FB3

split-complementary

#8D40B3 #9FB340 #40B354

monochromatic

#462059 #693086 #8D40B3 #A967C9 #C294D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.97

#8D40B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#8D40B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D40B3

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D40B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D40B3	1.00	5.97	3.52	5.97
#FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#075FB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3865B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#895674

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d40b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 64, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.182 312.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27aca',
    500: '#8d40b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d40b3;
$custom-light: #b27aca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d40b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.174,
    "s": 47.325,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52342,
    "c": 0.18215,
    "h": 312.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D40B3

secondary

#9EC48A

accent

#D7517D

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF8

border

#D0C9D1

text

#110913

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D40B3

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

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