#8D40C5#8D40C5

#8D40C5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.201 H 307.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D40C5
RGB	rgb(141, 64, 197)
HSL	hsl(275, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(275, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 67.5%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.30, 55.48, -56.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.30, 79.01, 314.61°)
OKLab	oklab(53.56% 0.1221 -0.1593)
OKLCH	oklch(53.56% 0.201 307.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.8938, 13.3610, 54.1854)
Luminance	0.1336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D40C5 #78C540

analogous

#4A40C5 #8D40C5 #C540BA

triadic

#8D40C5 #C58D40 #40C58D

tetradic

#8D40C5 #C54A40 #78C540 #40BAC5

square

#8D40C5 #C54A40 #78C540 #40BAC5

split-complementary

#8D40C5 #BAC540 #40C54A

monochromatic

#4B206A #6C2F99 #8D40C5 #A96FD3 #C59EE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.72

#8D40C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#8D40C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D40C5

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D40C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D40C5	1.00	5.72	3.67	5.72
#FFFFFF	5.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2067C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#845D7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d40c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 64, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.201 307.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37ad7',
    500: '#8d40c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d40c5;
$custom-light: #b37ad7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d40c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.737,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53558,
    "c": 0.20076,
    "h": 307.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D40C5

secondary

#ACCE93

accent

#DD4B88

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFA

border

#D0C9D3

text

#110A14

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D40C5

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

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