#8D40D5#8D40D5

#8D40D5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.217 H 303.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D40D5
RGB	rgb(141, 64, 213)
HSL	hsl(271, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(271, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.8%, 70%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.42, 59.16, -63.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.42, 86.91, 312.90°)
OKLab	oklab(54.71% 0.12 -0.1811)
OKLCH	oklch(54.71% 0.217 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.8254, 14.1336, 64.3581)
Luminance	0.1413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D40D5 #88D540

analogous

#4340D5 #8D40D5 #D540D2

triadic

#8D40D5 #D58D40 #40D58D

tetradic

#8D40D5 #D54340 #88D540 #40D2D5

square

#8D40D5 #D54340 #88D540 #40D2D5

split-complementary

#8D40D5 #D2D540 #40D543

monochromatic

#4F1C7F #6E27B1 #8D40D5 #AB72E0 #C9A4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.49

#8D40D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#8D40D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D40D5

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D40D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D40D5	1.00	5.49	3.83	5.49
#FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0069D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F6386

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d40d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 64, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.217 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b47be3',
    500: '#8d40d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d40d5;
$custom-light: #b47be3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d40d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.007,
    "s": 63.948,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54714,
    "c": 0.21731,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D40D5

secondary

#B7D899

accent

#E74191

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D40D5

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

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