#8E40C2#8E40C2

#8E40C2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.198 H 308.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E40C2
RGB	rgb(142, 64, 194)
HSL	hsl(276, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(276, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.8%, 67%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.23, 55.02, -54.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.23, 77.52, 315.22°)
OKLab	oklab(53.47% 0.1238 -0.1545)
OKLCH	oklch(53.47% 0.198 308.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.7244, 13.3130, 52.4010)
Luminance	0.1331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E40C2 #74C240

analogous

#4D40C2 #8E40C2 #C240B5

triadic

#8E40C2 #C28E40 #40C28E

tetradic

#8E40C2 #C24D40 #74C240 #40B5C2

square

#8E40C2 #C24D40 #74C240 #40B5C2

split-complementary

#8E40C2 #B5C240 #40C24D

monochromatic

#4B2167 #6D3095 #8E40C2 #A96ED1 #C59DE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.73

#8E40C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#8E40C2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E40C2

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E40C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E40C2	1.00	5.73	3.66	5.73
#FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2767BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#865C7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e40c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 64, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.198 308.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37ad5',
    500: '#8e40c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e40c2;
$custom-light: #b37ad5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e40c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 51.587,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53471,
    "c": 0.19794,
    "h": 308.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E40C2

secondary

#A9CC92

accent

#DB4D86

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFA

border

#D0C9D3

text

#110A14

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E40C2

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

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