#8D40BB#8D40BB

#8D40BB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.190 H 310.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D40BB
RGB	rgb(141, 64, 187)
HSL	hsl(278, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(278, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 65.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.64, 53.24, -51.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.64, 74.06, 315.96°)
OKLab	oklab(52.87% 0.123 -0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(52.87% 0.19 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.7858, 12.9178, 48.3498)
Luminance	0.1292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D40BB #6EBB40

analogous

#5040BB #8D40BB #BB40AC

triadic

#8D40BB #BB8D40 #40BB8D

tetradic

#8D40BB #BB5040 #6EBB40 #40ACBB

square

#8D40BB #BB5040 #6EBB40 #40ACBB

split-complementary

#8D40BB #ACBB40 #40BB50

monochromatic

#482160 #6B308D #8D40BB #A86CCD #C399DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.86

#8D40BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#8D40BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D40BB

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D40BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D40BB	1.00	5.86	3.58	5.86
#FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F66B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#875978

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d40bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 64, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.190 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27ad0',
    500: '#8d40bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d40bb;
$custom-light: #b27ad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d40bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.561,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52871,
    "c": 0.19041,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D40BB

secondary

#A4C88F

accent

#D94F83

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#110A14

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D40BB

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

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