#8F40DD#8F40DD

#8F40DD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.226 H 302.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F40DD
RGB	rgb(143, 64, 221)
HSL	hsl(270, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(270, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.3%, 71%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.26, 61.40, -66.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.26, 90.79, 312.56°)
OKLab	oklab(55.54% 0.1214 -0.1905)
OKLCH	oklch(55.54% 0.226 302.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.2091, 14.7268, 69.8544)
Luminance	0.1473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F40DD #8EDD40

analogous

#4040DD #8F40DD #DD40DD

triadic

#8F40DD #DD8F40 #40DD8F

tetradic

#8F40DD #DD4040 #8EDD40 #40DDDD

square

#8F40DD #DD4040 #8EDD40 #40DDDD

split-complementary

#8F40DD #DDDD40 #40DD40

monochromatic

#52198A #7022BE #8F40DD #AD74E6 #CCA8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.32

#8F40DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.95

#8F40DD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8F40DD

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F40DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8F40DD	1.00	5.32	3.95	5.32
#FFFFFF	5.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006BDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F668B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f40dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 64, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.226 302.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b67be9',
    500: '#8f40dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f40dd;
$custom-light: #b67be9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f40dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.191,
    "s": 69.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55544,
    "c": 0.22592,
    "h": 302.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F40DD

secondary

#BCDD9C

accent

#ED3B93

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFD

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F40DD

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

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