#8E40CA#8E40CA

#8E40CA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.206 H 306.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8E40CA
RGBrgb(142, 64, 202)
HSLhsl(274, 57%, 52%)
HSVhsv(274, 68%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(29.7%, 68.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LABlab(43.77, 56.83, -58.38)
CIE-LCHlch(43.77, 81.47, 314.23°)
OKLaboklab(54.03% 0.1229 -0.1656)
OKLCHoklch(54.03% 0.206 306.6)
XYZxyz(23.6471, 13.6821, 57.2608)
Luminance0.1368 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8E40CA #7CCA40
analogous
#4940CA #8E40CA #CA40C1
triadic
#8E40CA #CA8E40 #40CA8E
tetradic
#8E40CA #CA4940 #7CCA40 #40C1CA
square
#8E40CA #CA4940 #7CCA40 #40C1CA
split-complementary
#8E40CA #C1CA40 #40CA49
monochromatic
#4D1F70 #6E2CA0 #8E40CA #AA70D7 #C7A0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.62
#8E40CA on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74
#8E40CA on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E40CA
5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8E40CA#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8E40CA1.005.623.745.62
#FFFFFF5.621.0021.001.00
#0000003.7421.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.621.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#0065CE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#1768C7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#845F80
Achromatopsia (no color)
#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8e40ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 64, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.206 306.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b47bdb',
    500: '#8e40ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8e40ca;
$custom-light: #b47bdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8e40ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.913,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54032,
    "c": 0.20619,
    "h": 306.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8E40CA
secondary
#AFD195
accent
#E0488A
background
#FBF7FD
surface
#F6EEFB
border
#D0C9D4
text
#120A15
muted
#817C83

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#8E40CA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva