#8D40E2#8D40E2

#8D40E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.231 H 300.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D40E2
RGB	rgb(141, 64, 226)
HSL	hsl(269, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(269, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 71.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.39, 62.22, -69.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.39, 93.30, 311.82°)
OKLab	oklab(55.7% 0.1178 -0.1984)
OKLCH	oklch(55.7% 0.231 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.5420, 14.8203, 73.3990)
Luminance	0.1482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D40E2 #95E240

analogous

#4044E2 #8D40E2 #DE40E2

triadic

#8D40E2 #E28D40 #40E28D

tetradic

#8D40E2 #E24044 #95E240 #40E2DE

square

#8D40E2 #E24044 #95E240 #40E2DE

split-complementary

#8D40E2 #E2DE40 #44E240

monochromatic

#511692 #6E1EC7 #8D40E2 #AD75EA #CCAAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.30

#8D40E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.96

#8D40E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D40E2

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D40E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D40E2	1.00	5.30	3.96	5.30
#FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006ADF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A688D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d40e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 64, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.231 300.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b57bec',
    500: '#8d40e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d40e2;
$custom-light: #b57bec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d40e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.519,
    "s": 73.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55699,
    "c": 0.23068,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D40E2

secondary

#C1E09E

accent

#F03898

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFD

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D40E2

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

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