#8D40C4#8D40C4

#8D40C4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.200 H 307.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D40C4
RGB	rgb(141, 64, 196)
HSL	hsl(275, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(275, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.1%, 67.3%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.23, 55.26, -55.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.23, 78.51, 314.73°)
OKLab	oklab(53.49% 0.1222 -0.1579)
OKLCH	oklch(53.49% 0.2 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.7796, 13.3154, 53.5839)
Luminance	0.1331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D40C4 #77C440

analogous

#4B40C4 #8D40C4 #C440B9

triadic

#8D40C4 #C48D40 #40C48D

tetradic

#8D40C4 #C44B40 #77C440 #40B9C4

square

#8D40C4 #C44B40 #77C440 #40B9C4

split-complementary

#8D40C4 #B9C440 #40C44B

monochromatic

#4B2069 #6C2F98 #8D40C4 #A96FD2 #C59EE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.73

#8D40C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#8D40C4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D40C4

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D40C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D40C4	1.00	5.73	3.66	5.73
#FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2267C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#845D7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d40c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 64, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.200 307.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37ad7',
    500: '#8d40c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d40c4;
$custom-light: #b37ad7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d40c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53488,
    "c": 0.19973,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D40C4

secondary

#ABCD93

accent

#DC4C88

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFA

border

#D0C9D3

text

#110A14

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D40C4

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

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