#8E40CC#8E40CC

#8E40CC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.208 H 306.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E40CC
RGB	rgb(142, 64, 204)
HSL	hsl(273, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(273, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.4%, 68.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.91, 57.28, -59.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.91, 82.46, 314.01°)
OKLab	oklab(54.18% 0.1227 -0.1683)
OKLCH	oklch(54.18% 0.208 306.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.8854, 13.7774, 58.5160)
Luminance	0.1378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E40CC #7ECC40

analogous

#4840CC #8E40CC #CC40C4

triadic

#8E40CC #CC8E40 #40CC8E

tetradic

#8E40CC #CC4840 #7ECC40 #40C4CC

square

#8E40CC #CC4840 #7ECC40 #40C4CC

split-complementary

#8E40CC #C4CC40 #40CC48

monochromatic

#4E1F73 #6E2CA3 #8E40CC #AB70D9 #C7A1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#8E40CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#8E40CC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E40CC

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E40CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E40CC	1.00	5.59	3.76	5.59
#FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1268C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#835F81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e40cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 64, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.208 306.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b47bdc',
    500: '#8e40cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e40cc;
$custom-light: #b47bdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e40cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.429,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54175,
    "c": 0.20825,
    "h": 306.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E40CC

secondary

#B0D295

accent

#E1478B

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#120A15

muted

#817C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E40CC

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

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