#8F40D5#8F40D5

#8F40D5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.218 H 304.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F40D5
RGB	rgb(143, 64, 213)
HSL	hsl(272, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(272, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.9%, 70%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.68, 59.55, -63.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.68, 86.87, 313.27°)
OKLab	oklab(54.95% 0.1227 -0.1798)
OKLCH	oklch(54.95% 0.218 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.1686, 14.3106, 64.3742)
Luminance	0.1431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F40D5 #86D540

analogous

#4540D5 #8F40D5 #D540D0

triadic

#8F40D5 #D58F40 #40D58F

tetradic

#8F40D5 #D54540 #86D540 #40D0D5

square

#8F40D5 #D54540 #86D540 #40D0D5

split-complementary

#8F40D5 #D0D540 #40D545

monochromatic

#501C7F #7027B1 #8F40D5 #AC72E0 #CAA4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.44

#8F40D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#8F40D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8F40D5

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F40D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8F40D5	1.00	5.44	3.86	5.44
#FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006AD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#826386

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f40d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 64, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.218 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b57be3',
    500: '#8f40d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f40d5;
$custom-light: #b57be3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f40d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.812,
    "s": 63.948,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54947,
    "c": 0.21774,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F40D5

secondary

#B6D899

accent

#E7418F

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F40D5

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

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