#8B44C7#8B44C7

#8B44C7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.197 H 305.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B44C7
RGB	rgb(139, 68, 199)
HSL	hsl(273, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(273, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.2%, 65.8%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.87, 53.62, -56.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.87, 77.90, 313.50°)
OKLab	oklab(53.95% 0.1149 -0.1602)
OKLCH	oklch(53.95% 0.197 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.0211, 13.7469, 55.4624)
Luminance	0.1375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B44C7 #80C744

analogous

#4A44C7 #8B44C7 #C744C1

triadic

#8B44C7 #C78B44 #44C78B

tetradic

#8B44C7 #C74A44 #80C744 #44C1C7

square

#8B44C7 #C74A44 #80C744 #44C1C7

split-complementary

#8B44C7 #C1C744 #44C74A

monochromatic

#4C216F #6C2F9E #8B44C7 #A873D5 #C5A2E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.60

#8B44C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#8B44C7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B44C7

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B44C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B44C7	1.00	5.60	3.75	5.60
#FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2068C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#806080

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b44c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 68, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.197 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17dd9',
    500: '#8b44c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b44c7;
$custom-light: #b17dd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b44c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.519,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53952,
    "c": 0.19711,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B44C7

secondary

#B1D097

accent

#DD4B8E

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFA

border

#D0C9D3

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B44C7

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

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