#8E40D6#8E40D6

#8E40D6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.219 H 303.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E40D6
RGB	rgb(142, 64, 214)
HSL	hsl(271, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(271, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 70.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.62, 59.59, -63.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.62, 87.38, 312.99°)
OKLab	oklab(54.9% 0.1212 -0.1818)
OKLCH	oklch(54.9% 0.219 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.1235, 14.2727, 65.0366)
Luminance	0.1427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E40D6 #88D640

analogous

#4340D6 #8E40D6 #D640D3

triadic

#8E40D6 #D68E40 #40D68E

tetradic

#8E40D6 #D64340 #88D640 #40D3D6

square

#8E40D6 #D64340 #88D640 #40D3D6

split-complementary

#8E40D6 #D3D640 #40D643

monochromatic

#501B80 #6F26B2 #8E40D6 #AC72E1 #CAA5EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#8E40D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#8E40D6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E40D6

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E40D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E40D6	1.00	5.45	3.85	5.45
#FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0069D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#806387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e40d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 64, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.219 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b57be4',
    500: '#8e40d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e40d6;
$custom-light: #b57be4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e40d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.2,
    "s": 64.655,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54904,
    "c": 0.21854,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E40D6

secondary

#B8D999

accent

#E84091

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E40D6

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

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