#8D40DD#8D40DD

#8D40DD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.226 H 301.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D40DD
RGB	rgb(141, 64, 221)
HSL	hsl(269, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(269, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.2%, 71%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.01, 61.04, -67.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.01, 90.85, 312.21°)
OKLab	oklab(55.32% 0.1187 -0.1918)
OKLCH	oklch(55.32% 0.226 301.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.8659, 14.5499, 69.8383)
Luminance	0.1455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D40DD #90DD40

analogous

#4041DD #8D40DD #DC40DD

triadic

#8D40DD #DD8D40 #40DD8D

tetradic

#8D40DD #DD4041 #90DD40 #40DDDC

square

#8D40DD #DD4041 #90DD40 #40DDDC

split-complementary

#8D40DD #DDDC40 #41DD40

monochromatic

#50198A #6E22BE #8D40DD #AC74E6 #CBA8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#8D40DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#8D40DD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D40DD

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D40DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D40DD	1.00	5.37	3.91	5.37
#FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006ADA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C668B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d40dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 64, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.226 301.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b47be9',
    500: '#8d40dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d40dd;
$custom-light: #b47be9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d40dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.427,
    "s": 69.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55315,
    "c": 0.22555,
    "h": 301.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D40DD

secondary

#BDDD9C

accent

#ED3B96

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFD

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D40DD

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

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