#8F40D6#8F40D6

#8F40D6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.219 H 304.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F40D6
RGB	rgb(143, 64, 214)
HSL	hsl(272, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(272, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.2%, 70.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.75, 59.78, -63.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.75, 87.36, 313.18°)
OKLab	oklab(55.02% 0.1226 -0.1812)
OKLCH	oklch(55.02% 0.219 304.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.2959, 14.3615, 65.0447)
Luminance	0.1436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F40D6 #87D640

analogous

#4440D6 #8F40D6 #D640D2

triadic

#8F40D6 #D68F40 #40D68F

tetradic

#8F40D6 #D64440 #87D640 #40D2D6

square

#8F40D6 #D64440 #87D640 #40D2D6

split-complementary

#8F40D6 #D2D640 #40D644

monochromatic

#501B80 #7026B2 #8F40D6 #AD72E1 #CAA5EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42

#8F40D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#8F40D6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8F40D6

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F40D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8F40D6	1.00	5.42	3.87	5.42
#FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006AD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#816387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f40d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 64, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.219 304.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b57be4',
    500: '#8f40d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f40d6;
$custom-light: #b57be4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f40d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.6,
    "s": 64.655,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55021,
    "c": 0.21875,
    "h": 304.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F40D6

secondary

#B7D999

accent

#E8408F

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F40D6

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

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