#8B44BD#8B44BD

#8B44BD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.186 H 308.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B44BD
RGB	rgb(139, 68, 189)
HSL	hsl(275, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(275, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.5%, 64%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.21, 51.31, -51.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.21, 72.88, 314.76°)
OKLab	oklab(53.27% 0.1156 -0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(53.27% 0.186 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.8980, 13.2977, 49.5474)
Luminance	0.1330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B44BD #76BD44

analogous

#4F44BD #8B44BD #BD44B2

triadic

#8B44BD #BD8B44 #44BD8B

tetradic

#8B44BD #BD4F44 #76BD44 #44B2BD

square

#8B44BD #BD4F44 #76BD44 #44B2BD

split-complementary

#8B44BD #B2BD44 #44BD4F

monochromatic

#492363 #6A3391 #8B44BD #A771CD #C39EDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.74

#8B44BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#8B44BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B44BD

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B44BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B44BD	1.00	5.74	3.66	5.74
#FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F67BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#835D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b44bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 68, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.186 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17cd1',
    500: '#8b44bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b44bd;
$custom-light: #b17cd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b44bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.207,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53267,
    "c": 0.1864,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B44BD

secondary

#AAC993

accent

#D75088

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#110A14

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B44BD

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

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