#8E40BC#8E40BC

#8E40BC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.192 H 310.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E40BC
RGB	rgb(142, 64, 188)
HSL	hsl(278, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(278, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 66%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.84, 53.69, -51.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.84, 74.56, 316.06°)
OKLab	oklab(53.06% 0.1242 -0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(53.06% 0.192 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.0641, 13.0489, 48.9236)
Luminance	0.1305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E40BC #6EBC40

analogous

#5040BC #8E40BC #BC40AC

triadic

#8E40BC #BC8E40 #40BC8E

tetradic

#8E40BC #BC5040 #6EBC40 #40ACBC

square

#8E40BC #BC5040 #6EBC40 #40ACBC

split-complementary

#8E40BC #ACBC40 #40BC50

monochromatic

#492161 #6C308E #8E40BC #A96CCD #C49ADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.82

#8E40BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#8E40BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E40BC

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E40BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E40BC	1.00	5.82	3.61	5.82
#FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F66B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#885979

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e40bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 64, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.192 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37ad1',
    500: '#8e40bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e40bc;
$custom-light: #b37ad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e40bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.742,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53062,
    "c": 0.19177,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E40BC

secondary

#A5C98F

accent

#D94F82

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#110A14

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E40BC

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

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