#8F40D4#8F40D4

#8F40D4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.217 H 304.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F40D4
RGB	rgb(143, 64, 212)
HSL	hsl(272, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(272, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 69.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.60, 59.32, -62.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.60, 86.38, 313.37°)
OKLab	oklab(54.87% 0.1229 -0.1785)
OKLCH	oklch(54.87% 0.217 304.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.0421, 14.2600, 63.7078)
Luminance	0.1426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F40D4 #85D440

analogous

#4540D4 #8F40D4 #D440CF

triadic

#8F40D4 #D48F40 #40D48F

tetradic

#8F40D4 #D44540 #85D440 #40CFD4

square

#8F40D4 #D44540 #85D440 #40CFD4

split-complementary

#8F40D4 #CFD440 #40D445

monochromatic

#501C7D #7027AF #8F40D4 #AC72DF #CAA4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#8F40D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#8F40D4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8F40D4

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F40D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8F40D4	1.00	5.45	3.85	5.45
#FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0069D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#826286

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f40d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 64, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.217 304.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b57be2',
    500: '#8f40d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f40d4;
$custom-light: #b57be2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f40d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.027,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54873,
    "c": 0.21671,
    "h": 304.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F40D4

secondary

#B6D798

accent

#E6428E

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A15

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F40D4

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

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