#8E40BB#8E40BB

#8E40BB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.191 H 310.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E40BB
RGB	rgb(142, 64, 187)
HSL	hsl(278, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(278, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.1%, 65.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.77, 53.47, -51.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.77, 74.07, 316.21°)
OKLab	oklab(53% 0.1243 -0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(53% 0.191 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.9567, 13.0059, 48.3578)
Luminance	0.1300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E40BB #6DBB40

analogous

#5140BB #8E40BB #BB40AB

triadic

#8E40BB #BB8E40 #40BB8E

tetradic

#8E40BB #BB5140 #6DBB40 #40ABBB

square

#8E40BB #BB5140 #6DBB40 #40ABBB

split-complementary

#8E40BB #ABBB40 #40BB51

monochromatic

#492160 #6B308D #8E40BB #A96CCD #C499DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.83

#8E40BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#8E40BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E40BB

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E40BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E40BB	1.00	5.83	3.60	5.83
#FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3166B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#885978

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e40bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 64, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.191 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37ad0',
    500: '#8e40bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e40bb;
$custom-light: #b37ad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e40bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.049,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52995,
    "c": 0.19073,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E40BB

secondary

#A4C88F

accent

#D94F81

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#110A14

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E40BB

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

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