#8E40DD#8E40DD

#8E40DD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.226 H 302.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E40DD
RGB	rgb(142, 64, 221)
HSL	hsl(270, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(270, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 71%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.13, 61.22, -67.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.13, 90.82, 312.38°)
OKLab	oklab(55.43% 0.1201 -0.1912)
OKLCH	oklch(55.43% 0.226 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.0368, 14.6380, 69.8463)
Luminance	0.1464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E40DD #8FDD40

analogous

#4040DD #8E40DD #DD40DD

triadic

#8E40DD #DD8E40 #40DD8E

tetradic

#8E40DD #DD4040 #8FDD40 #40DDDD

square

#8E40DD #DD4040 #8FDD40 #40DDDD

split-complementary

#8E40DD #DDDD40 #40DD40

monochromatic

#51198A #6F22BE #8E40DD #AD74E6 #CBA8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.35

#8E40DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#8E40DD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E40DD

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E40DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E40DD	1.00	5.35	3.93	5.35
#FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006ADA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D668B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e40dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 64, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.226 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b57be9',
    500: '#8e40dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e40dd;
$custom-light: #b57be9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e40dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.809,
    "s": 69.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55429,
    "c": 0.22573,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E40DD

secondary

#BDDD9C

accent

#ED3B94

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFD

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E40DD

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

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