#8D40BA#8D40BA

#8D40BA is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.189 H 310.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D40BA
RGB	rgb(141, 64, 186)
HSL	hsl(278, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(278, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.2%, 65.6%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.57, 53.02, -51.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.57, 73.57, 316.11°)
OKLab	oklab(52.8% 0.1231 -0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(52.8% 0.189 310.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.6791, 12.8752, 47.7880)
Luminance	0.1288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D40BA #6DBA40

analogous

#5040BA #8D40BA #BA40AA

triadic

#8D40BA #BA8D40 #40BA8D

tetradic

#8D40BA #BA5040 #6DBA40 #40AABA

square

#8D40BA #BA5040 #6DBA40 #40AABA

split-complementary

#8D40BA #AABA40 #40BA50

monochromatic

#48215F #6A308C #8D40BA #A86BCC #C399DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.87

#8D40BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#8D40BA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D40BA

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D40BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D40BA	1.00	5.87	3.58	5.87
#FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3066B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#875977

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d40ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 64, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.189 310.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27acf',
    500: '#8d40ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d40ba;
$custom-light: #b27acf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d40ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.869,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52804,
    "c": 0.18937,
    "h": 310.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D40BA

secondary

#A3C88E

accent

#D84F82

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#110A14

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D40BA

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

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