#8F40BC#8F40BC

#8F40BC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.192 H 310.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F40BC
RGB	rgb(143, 64, 188)
HSL	hsl(278, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(278, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 66%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.97, 53.91, -51.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.97, 74.57, 316.30°)
OKLab	oklab(53.19% 0.1255 -0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(53.19% 0.192 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.2365, 13.1378, 48.9317)
Luminance	0.1314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F40BC #6DBC40

analogous

#5140BC #8F40BC #BC40AB

triadic

#8F40BC #BC8F40 #40BC8F

tetradic

#8F40BC #BC5140 #6DBC40 #40ABBC

square

#8F40BC #BC5140 #6DBC40 #40ABBC

split-complementary

#8F40BC #ABBC40 #40BC51

monochromatic

#4A2161 #6C308E #8F40BC #AA6CCD #C49ADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.79

#8F40BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#8F40BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8F40BC

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F40BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8F40BC	1.00	5.79	3.63	5.79
#FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3167B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#895979

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f40bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 64, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.192 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b47ad1',
    500: '#8f40bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f40bc;
$custom-light: #b47ad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f40bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.226,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53187,
    "c": 0.19209,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F40BC

secondary

#A4C98F

accent

#D94F81

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#110A14

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F40BC

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

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