#8D40B4#8D40B4

#8D40B4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.183 H 312.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D40B4
RGB	rgb(141, 64, 180)
HSL	hsl(280, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(280, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.7%, 64.4%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.19, 51.70, -48.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.19, 70.61, 317.07°)
OKLab	oklab(52.41% 0.1234 -0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(52.41% 0.183 312.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.0546, 12.6254, 44.4990)
Luminance	0.1263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D40B4 #67B440

analogous

#5340B4 #8D40B4 #B440A1

triadic

#8D40B4 #B48D40 #40B48D

tetradic

#8D40B4 #B45340 #67B440 #40A1B4

square

#8D40B4 #B45340 #67B440 #40A1B4

split-complementary

#8D40B4 #A1B440 #40B453

monochromatic

#46205A #6A3087 #8D40B4 #A968C9 #C295D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.96

#8D40B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#8D40B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D40B4

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D40B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D40B4	1.00	5.96	3.53	5.96
#FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0360B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3765B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#895774

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d40b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 64, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.183 312.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27acb',
    500: '#8d40b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d40b4;
$custom-light: #b27acb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d40b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.828,
    "s": 47.541,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52407,
    "c": 0.18318,
    "h": 312.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D40B4

secondary

#9EC58B

accent

#D7517E

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#110913

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D40B4

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

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