#8F40CC#8F40CC

#8F40CC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.208 H 306.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F40CC
RGB	rgb(143, 64, 204)
HSL	hsl(274, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(274, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.9%, 68.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.04, 57.49, -59.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.04, 82.44, 314.21°)
OKLab	oklab(54.29% 0.124 -0.1676)
OKLCH	oklch(54.29% 0.209 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.0578, 13.8663, 58.5241)
Luminance	0.1387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F40CC #7DCC40

analogous

#4940CC #8F40CC #CC40C3

triadic

#8F40CC #CC8F40 #40CC8F

tetradic

#8F40CC #CC4940 #7DCC40 #40C3CC

square

#8F40CC #CC4940 #7DCC40 #40C3CC

split-complementary

#8F40CC #C3CC40 #40CC49

monochromatic

#4E1F73 #6F2CA3 #8F40CC #AB70D9 #C8A1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#8F40CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#8F40CC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8F40CC

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F40CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8F40CC	1.00	5.57	3.77	5.57
#FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1569C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#855F81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f40cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 64, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.208 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b57bdc',
    500: '#8f40cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f40cc;
$custom-light: #b57bdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f40cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.857,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54294,
    "c": 0.2085,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F40CC

secondary

#B0D295

accent

#E1478A

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#120A15

muted

#817C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F40CC

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

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