#8F40BA#8F40BA

#8F40BA is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.190 H 311.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F40BA
RGB	rgb(143, 64, 186)
HSL	hsl(279, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(279, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.1%, 65.6%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.84, 53.47, -50.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.84, 73.59, 316.61°)
OKLab	oklab(53.05% 0.1257 -0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(53.05% 0.19 311.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.0224, 13.0521, 47.8041)
Luminance	0.1305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F40BA #6BBA40

analogous

#5240BA #8F40BA #BA40A8

triadic

#8F40BA #BA8F40 #40BA8F

tetradic

#8F40BA #BA5240 #6BBA40 #40A8BA

square

#8F40BA #BA5240 #6BBA40 #40A8BA

split-complementary

#8F40BA #A8BA40 #40BA52

monochromatic

#49215F #6C308C #8F40BA #AA6BCC #C499DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.82

#8F40BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#8F40BA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8F40BA

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F40BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8F40BA	1.00	5.82	3.61	5.82
#FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3367B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A5877

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f40ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 64, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.190 311.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37acf',
    500: '#8f40ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f40ba;
$custom-light: #b37acf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f40ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.852,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53053,
    "c": 0.19004,
    "h": 311.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F40BA

secondary

#A2C88E

accent

#D84F80

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#110A14

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F40BA

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

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