#8B44BB#8B44BB

#8B44BB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.184 H 308.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B44BB
RGB	rgb(139, 68, 187)
HSL	hsl(276, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(276, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 63.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.08, 50.86, -50.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.08, 71.87, 315.04°)
OKLab	oklab(53.13% 0.1157 -0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(53.13% 0.184 308.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.6824, 13.2114, 48.4119)
Luminance	0.1321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B44BB #74BB44

analogous

#4F44BB #8B44BB #BB44B0

triadic

#8B44BB #BB8B44 #44BB8B

tetradic

#8B44BB #BB4F44 #74BB44 #44B0BB

square

#8B44BB #BB4F44 #74BB44 #44B0BB

split-complementary

#8B44BB #B0BB44 #44BB4F

monochromatic

#482361 #6A348E #8B44BB #A771CB #C39EDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.77

#8B44BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.64

#8B44BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B44BB

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B44BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B44BB	1.00	5.77	3.64	5.77
#FFFFFF	5.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3167B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#845C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b44bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 68, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.184 308.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07cd0',
    500: '#8b44bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b44bb;
$custom-light: #b07cd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b44bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.798,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53133,
    "c": 0.18426,
    "h": 308.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B44BB

secondary

#A8C893

accent

#D65187

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#110A14

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B44BB

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

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