#8D40B8#8D40B8

#8D40B8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.187 H 311.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D40B8
RGB	rgb(141, 64, 184)
HSL	hsl(279, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(279, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 65.2%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.45, 52.58, -50.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.45, 72.58, 316.42°)
OKLab	oklab(52.67% 0.1232 -0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(52.67% 0.187 311.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.4680, 12.7907, 46.6761)
Luminance	0.1279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D40B8 #6BB840

analogous

#5140B8 #8D40B8 #B840A7

triadic

#8D40B8 #B88D40 #40B88D

tetradic

#8D40B8 #B85140 #6BB840 #40A7B8

square

#8D40B8 #B85140 #6BB840 #40A7B8

split-complementary

#8D40B8 #A7B840 #40B851

monochromatic

#47205D #6A308B #8D40B8 #A86ACB #C397DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.90

#8D40B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#8D40B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D40B8

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D40B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D40B8	1.00	5.90	3.56	5.90
#FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3366B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#885876

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d40b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 64, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.187 311.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27ace',
    500: '#8d40b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d40b8;
$custom-light: #b27ace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d40b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.5,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52671,
    "c": 0.18731,
    "h": 311.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D40B8

secondary

#A2C78D

accent

#D85081

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D40B8

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

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