#8D40BC#8D40BC

#8D40BC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.191 H 310.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D40BC
RGB	rgb(141, 64, 188)
HSL	hsl(277, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(277, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 66%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.70, 53.46, -51.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.70, 74.55, 315.82°)
OKLab	oklab(52.94% 0.1229 -0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(52.94% 0.191 310)
XYZ	xyz(21.8932, 12.9608, 48.9156)
Luminance	0.1296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D40BC #6FBC40

analogous

#4F40BC #8D40BC #BC40AD

triadic

#8D40BC #BC8D40 #40BC8D

tetradic

#8D40BC #BC4F40 #6FBC40 #40ADBC

square

#8D40BC #BC4F40 #6FBC40 #40ADBC

split-complementary

#8D40BC #ADBC40 #40BC4F

monochromatic

#492161 #6B308E #8D40BC #A86CCD #C39ADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.85

#8D40BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#8D40BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D40BC

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D40BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D40BC	1.00	5.85	3.59	5.85
#FFFFFF	5.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E66B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#875979

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d40bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 64, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.191 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27ad1',
    500: '#8d40bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d40bc;
$custom-light: #b27ad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d40bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.258,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52939,
    "c": 0.19144,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.1296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D40BC

secondary

#A5C98F

accent

#D94F83

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#110A14

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D40BC

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

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