#8F40B2#8F40B2

#8F40B2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.182 H 313.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F40B2
RGB	rgb(143, 64, 178)
HSL	hsl(282, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(282, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 64%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.34, 51.74, -46.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.34, 69.67, 317.96°)
OKLab	oklab(52.53% 0.126 -0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(52.53% 0.182 313.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.1956, 12.7214, 43.4498)
Luminance	0.1272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F40B2 #63B240

analogous

#5640B2 #8F40B2 #B2409C

triadic

#8F40B2 #B28F40 #40B28F

tetradic

#8F40B2 #B25640 #63B240 #409CB2

square

#8F40B2 #B25640 #63B240 #409CB2

split-complementary

#8F40B2 #9CB240 #40B256

monochromatic

#472058 #6B3085 #8F40B2 #AA67C8 #C394D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.93

#8F40B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#8F40B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8F40B2

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F40B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8F40B2	1.00	5.93	3.54	5.93
#FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F60B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B66AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C5573

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f40b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 64, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.182 313.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37aca',
    500: '#8f40b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f40b2;
$custom-light: #b37aca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f40b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.579,
    "s": 47.107,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52531,
    "c": 0.18188,
    "h": 313.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F40B2

secondary

#9CC48A

accent

#D7517A

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF8

border

#D0C9D1

text

#110913

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F40B2

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