#8E40BE#8E40BE

#8E40BE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.194 H 309.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E40BE
RGB	rgb(142, 64, 190)
HSL	hsl(277, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(277, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.3%, 66.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.97, 54.13, -52.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.97, 75.55, 315.77°)
OKLab	oklab(53.2% 0.1241 -0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(53.2% 0.194 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.2812, 13.1357, 50.0669)
Luminance	0.1313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E40BE #70BE40

analogous

#4F40BE #8E40BE #BE40AF

triadic

#8E40BE #BE8E40 #40BE8E

tetradic

#8E40BE #BE4F40 #70BE40 #40AFBE

square

#8E40BE #BE4F40 #70BE40 #40AFBE

split-complementary

#8E40BE #AFBE40 #40BE4F

monochromatic

#4A2162 #6C3190 #8E40BE #A96DCE #C49BDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.79

#8E40BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#8E40BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E40BE

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E40BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E40BE	1.00	5.79	3.63	5.79
#FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D67BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#875A7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e40be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 64, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.194 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37ad2',
    500: '#8e40be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e40be;
$custom-light: #b37ad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e40be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.143,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53198,
    "c": 0.19382,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E40BE

secondary

#A6C990

accent

#D94F83

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFA

border

#D0C9D3

text

#110A14

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E40BE

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →