#8D40D4#8D40D4

#8D40D4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.216 H 303.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D40D4
RGB	rgb(141, 64, 212)
HSL	hsl(271, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(271, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 69.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.35, 58.93, -63.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.35, 86.42, 312.99°)
OKLab	oklab(54.64% 0.1202 -0.1798)
OKLCH	oklch(54.64% 0.216 303.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.6988, 14.0830, 63.6917)
Luminance	0.1408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D40D4 #87D440

analogous

#4340D4 #8D40D4 #D440D1

triadic

#8D40D4 #D48D40 #40D48D

tetradic

#8D40D4 #D44340 #87D440 #40D1D4

square

#8D40D4 #D44340 #87D440 #40D1D4

split-complementary

#8D40D4 #D1D440 #40D443

monochromatic

#4F1C7D #6E27AF #8D40D4 #AB72DF #C9A4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.50

#8D40D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#8D40D4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D40D4

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D40D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D40D4	1.00	5.50	3.82	5.50
#FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0069D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F6386

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d40d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 64, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.216 303.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b47be2',
    500: '#8d40d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d40d4;
$custom-light: #b47be2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d40d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.216,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5464,
    "c": 0.21627,
    "h": 303.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D40D4

secondary

#B7D798

accent

#E64291

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A15

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D40D4

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

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