#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
RGB	rgb(142, 64, 202)
HSL	hsl(274, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(274, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.7%, 68.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.77, 56.83, -58.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.77, 81.47, 314.23°)
OKLab	oklab(54.03% 0.1229 -0.1656)
OKLCH	oklch(54.03% 0.206 306.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.6471, 13.6821, 57.2608)
Luminance	0.1368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##8E40CA	1.00	5.62	3.74	5.62
#FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E40CA

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

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