#8B44C8#8B44C8

#8B44C8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.198 H 305.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B44C8
RGB	rgb(139, 68, 200)
HSL	hsl(272, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(272, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 66%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.94, 53.86, -56.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.94, 78.40, 313.39°)
OKLab	oklab(54.02% 0.1148 -0.1616)
OKLCH	oklch(54.02% 0.198 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.1376, 13.7935, 56.0759)
Luminance	0.1379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B44C8 #81C844

analogous

#4944C8 #8B44C8 #C844C3

triadic

#8B44C8 #C88B44 #44C88B

tetradic

#8B44C8 #C84944 #81C844 #44C3C8

square

#8B44C8 #C84944 #81C844 #44C3C8

split-complementary

#8B44C8 #C3C844 #44C849

monochromatic

#4C2171 #6C2FA0 #8B44C8 #A873D6 #C6A3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#8B44C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#8B44C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B44C8

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B44C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B44C8	1.00	5.59	3.76	5.59
#FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E68C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#806180

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b44c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 68, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.198 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17dd9',
    500: '#8b44c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b44c8;
$custom-light: #b17dd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b44c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.273,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54022,
    "c": 0.19819,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B44C8

secondary

#B2D197

accent

#DE4A8E

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B44C8

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

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