#8D40CB#8D40CB

#8D40CB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.207 H 305.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D40CB
RGB	rgb(141, 64, 203)
HSL	hsl(273, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(273, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 68.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.71, 56.85, -59.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.71, 81.97, 313.91°)
OKLab	oklab(53.98% 0.1215 -0.1676)
OKLCH	oklch(53.98% 0.207 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.5950, 13.6415, 57.8784)
Luminance	0.1364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D40CB #7ECB40

analogous

#4740CB #8D40CB #CB40C4

triadic

#8D40CB #CB8D40 #40CB8D

tetradic

#8D40CB #CB4740 #7ECB40 #40C4CB

square

#8D40CB #CB4740 #7ECB40 #40C4CB

split-complementary

#8D40CB #C4CB40 #40CB47

monochromatic

#4D1F72 #6D2CA2 #8D40CB #AA70D8 #C6A0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.63

#8D40CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#8D40CB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D40CB

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D40CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D40CB	1.00	5.63	3.73	5.63
#FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1168C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#825F81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d40cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 64, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.207 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37bdc',
    500: '#8d40cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d40cb;
$custom-light: #b37bdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d40cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.237,
    "s": 57.202,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53984,
    "c": 0.20697,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D40CB

secondary

#B0D295

accent

#E0478C

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D40CB

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

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