#8D40D8#8D40D8

#8D40D8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.220 H 302.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D40D8
RGB	rgb(141, 64, 216)
HSL	hsl(270, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(270, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.7%, 70.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.64, 59.86, -65.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.64, 88.39, 312.63°)
OKLab	oklab(54.94% 0.1196 -0.1852)
OKLCH	oklch(54.94% 0.22 302.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.2097, 14.2874, 66.3820)
Luminance	0.1429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D40D8 #8BD840

analogous

#4140D8 #8D40D8 #D840D7

triadic

#8D40D8 #D88D40 #40D88D

tetradic

#8D40D8 #D84140 #8BD840 #40D7D8

square

#8D40D8 #D84140 #8BD840 #40D7D8

split-complementary

#8D40D8 #D7D840 #40D841

monochromatic

#4F1B83 #6E25B6 #8D40D8 #AB73E2 #CAA6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.44

#8D40D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#8D40D8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D40D8

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D40D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D40D8	1.00	5.44	3.86	5.44
#FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0069D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E6488

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d40d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 64, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.220 302.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b47be5',
    500: '#8d40d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d40d8;
$custom-light: #b47be5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d40d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.395,
    "s": 66.087,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54938,
    "c": 0.2204,
    "h": 302.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D40D8

secondary

#B9DA9A

accent

#E93F93

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D40D8

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

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