#8842D8#8842D8

#8842D8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.217 H 300.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8842D8
RGB	rgb(136, 66, 216)
HSL	hsl(268, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(268, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(37%, 69.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.36, 58.01, -65.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.36, 87.51, 311.52°)
OKLab	oklab(54.6% 0.1108 -0.1868)
OKLCH	oklch(54.6% 0.217 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.4932, 14.0884, 66.3814)
Luminance	0.1409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8842D8 #92D842

analogous

#4247D8 #8842D8 #D342D8

triadic

#8842D8 #D88842 #42D888

tetradic

#8842D8 #D84247 #92D842 #42D8D3

square

#8842D8 #D84247 #92D842 #42D8D3

split-complementary

#8842D8 #D8D342 #47D842

monochromatic

#4C1B84 #6A26B7 #8842D8 #A875E2 #C8A7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.50

#8842D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#8842D8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8842D8

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8842D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8842D8	1.00	5.50	3.82	5.50
#FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0068D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#766688

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8842d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 66, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.217 300.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17ce5',
    500: '#8842d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8842d8;
$custom-light: #b17ce5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8842d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54603,
    "c": 0.21715,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8842D8

secondary

#BDDA9C

accent

#E93F9A

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#110A16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8842D8

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

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