#8F40D2#8F40D2

#8F40D2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.215 H 305.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F40D2
RGB	rgb(143, 64, 210)
HSL	hsl(272, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(272, 70%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 69.5%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.46, 58.86, -61.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.46, 85.39, 313.57°)
OKLab	oklab(54.73% 0.1232 -0.1758)
OKLCH	oklch(54.73% 0.215 305)
XYZ	xyz(24.7913, 14.1597, 62.3873)
Luminance	0.1416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F40D2 #83D240

analogous

#4640D2 #8F40D2 #D240CC

triadic

#8F40D2 #D28F40 #40D28F

tetradic

#8F40D2 #D24640 #83D240 #40CCD2

square

#8F40D2 #D24640 #83D240 #40CCD2

split-complementary

#8F40D2 #CCD240 #40D246

monochromatic

#501D7B #7029AC #8F40D2 #AC72DE #C9A3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.48

#8F40D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#8F40D2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8F40D2

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F40D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8F40D2	1.00	5.48	3.83	5.48
#FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0069CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#836284

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f40d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 64, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.215 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b57be1',
    500: '#8f40d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f40d2;
$custom-light: #b57be1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f40d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.466,
    "s": 61.864,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54727,
    "c": 0.21465,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.1416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F40D2

secondary

#B4D698

accent

#E5438D

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#120A15

muted

#817C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F40D2

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

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