#8D40B7#8D40B7

#8D40B7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.186 H 311.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D40B7
RGB	rgb(141, 64, 183)
HSL	hsl(279, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(279, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 65%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.38, 52.36, -49.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.38, 72.09, 316.58°)
OKLab	oklab(52.6% 0.1233 -0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(52.6% 0.186 311.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.3636, 12.7489, 46.1260)
Luminance	0.1275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D40B7 #6AB740

analogous

#5240B7 #8D40B7 #B740A5

triadic

#8D40B7 #B78D40 #40B78D

tetradic

#8D40B7 #B75240 #6AB740 #40A5B7

square

#8D40B7 #B75240 #6AB740 #40A5B7

split-complementary

#8D40B7 #A5B740 #40B752

monochromatic

#47205C #6A308A #8D40B7 #A869CB #C397DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.92

#8D40B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55

#8D40B7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D40B7

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D40B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D40B7	1.00	5.92	3.55	5.92
#FFFFFF	5.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3466B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#885876

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d40b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 64, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.186 311.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27acd',
    500: '#8d40b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d40b7;
$custom-light: #b27acd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d40b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.824,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52604,
    "c": 0.18627,
    "h": 311.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D40B7

secondary

#A1C68D

accent

#D85080

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#110913

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D40B7

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

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