#8F40E5#8F40E5

#8F40E5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.234 H 300.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F40E5
RGB	rgb(143, 64, 229)
HSL	hsl(269, 76%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(269, 72%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 72.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.86, 63.27, -70.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.86, 94.69, 311.93°)
OKLab	oklab(56.16% 0.1199 -0.201)
OKLCH	oklch(56.16% 0.234 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.3005, 15.1634, 75.6021)
Luminance	0.1516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F40E5 #96E540

analogous

#4044E5 #8F40E5 #E140E5

triadic

#8F40E5 #E58F40 #40E58F

tetradic

#8F40E5 #E54044 #96E540 #40E5E1

square

#8F40E5 #E54044 #96E540 #40E5E1

split-complementary

#8F40E5 #E5E140 #44E540

monochromatic

#531496 #701CCC #8F40E5 #AF76EC #CEACF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.21

#8F40E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#8F40E5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8F40E5

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F40E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8F40E5	1.00	5.21	4.03	5.21
#FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006CE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C698F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f40e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 64, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.234 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b67cee',
    500: '#8f40e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f40e5;
$custom-light: #b67cee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f40e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.727,
    "s": 76.037,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56156,
    "c": 0.23407,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F40E5

secondary

#C2E29F

accent

#F33598

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F7EEFD

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A17

muted

#817C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F40E5

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

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