#8F40C8#8F40C8

#8F40C8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.204 H 307.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F40C8
RGB	rgb(143, 64, 200)
HSL	hsl(275, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(275, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.5%, 68%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.77, 56.58, -57.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.77, 80.47, 314.68°)
OKLab	oklab(54.01% 0.1245 -0.1621)
OKLCH	oklch(54.01% 0.204 307.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.5842, 13.6769, 56.0299)
Luminance	0.1368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F40C8 #79C840

analogous

#4B40C8 #8F40C8 #C840BD

triadic

#8F40C8 #C88F40 #40C88F

tetradic

#8F40C8 #C84B40 #79C840 #40BDC8

square

#8F40C8 #C84B40 #79C840 #40BDC8

split-complementary

#8F40C8 #BDC840 #40C84B

monochromatic

#4D206E #6E2D9D #8F40C8 #AB70D6 #C79FE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.62

#8F40C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#8F40C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8F40C8

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F40C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8F40C8	1.00	5.62	3.74	5.62
#FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F68C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#865E7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f40c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 64, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.204 307.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b47bd9',
    500: '#8f40c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f40c8;
$custom-light: #b47bd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f40c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.853,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54011,
    "c": 0.20439,
    "h": 307.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F40C8

secondary

#ADD094

accent

#DF4988

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#120A15

muted

#817C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F40C8

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

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