#8D40D6#8D40D6

#8D40D6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.218 H 303.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D40D6
RGB	rgb(141, 64, 214)
HSL	hsl(271, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(271, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 70.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.50, 59.40, -64.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.50, 87.40, 312.81°)
OKLab	oklab(54.79% 0.1199 -0.1825)
OKLCH	oklch(54.79% 0.218 303.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.9527, 14.1846, 65.0286)
Luminance	0.1419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D40D6 #89D640

analogous

#4240D6 #8D40D6 #D640D4

triadic

#8D40D6 #D68D40 #40D68D

tetradic

#8D40D6 #D64240 #89D640 #40D4D6

square

#8D40D6 #D64240 #89D640 #40D4D6

split-complementary

#8D40D6 #D4D640 #40D642

monochromatic

#4F1B80 #6E26B2 #8D40D6 #AB72E1 #C9A5EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.47

#8D40D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#8D40D6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D40D6

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D40D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D40D6	1.00	5.47	3.84	5.47
#FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0069D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E6387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d40d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 64, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.218 303.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b47be4',
    500: '#8d40d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d40d6;
$custom-light: #b47be4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d40d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.8,
    "s": 64.655,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54788,
    "c": 0.21834,
    "h": 303.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D40D6

secondary

#B8D999

accent

#E84092

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D40D6

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

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