#8B44B2#8B44B2

#8B44B2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.175 H 311.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B44B2
RGB	rgb(139, 68, 178)
HSL	hsl(279, 45%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(279, 62%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 61.8%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.52, 48.83, -46.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.52, 67.36, 316.46°)
OKLab	oklab(52.55% 0.116 -0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(52.55% 0.175 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.7490, 12.8381, 43.4958)
Luminance	0.1284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B44B2 #6BB244

analogous

#5444B2 #8B44B2 #B244A2

triadic

#8B44B2 #B28B44 #44B28B

tetradic

#8B44B2 #B25444 #6BB244 #44A2B2

square

#8B44B2 #B25444 #6BB244 #44A2B2

split-complementary

#8B44B2 #A2B244 #44B254

monochromatic

#462259 #683386 #8B44B2 #A76CC7 #C199D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.89

#8B44B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#8B44B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B44B2

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B44B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B44B2	1.00	5.89	3.57	5.89
#FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1861B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B66AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#865975

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b44b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 68, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.175 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07cca',
    500: '#8b44b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b44b2;
$custom-light: #b07cca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b44b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.727,
    "s": 44.715,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52546,
    "c": 0.17463,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B44B2

secondary

#A1C48E

accent

#D45381

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF8

border

#D0C9D1

text

#110A13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B44B2

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

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