#8B44D1#8B44D1

#8B44D1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.208 H 303.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8B44D1
RGBrgb(139, 68, 209)
HSLhsl(270, 61%, 54%)
HSVhsv(270, 67%, 82%)
CMYKcmyk(33.5%, 67.5%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LABlab(44.56, 55.98, -61.17)
CIE-LCHlch(44.56, 82.91, 312.46°)
OKLaboklab(54.66% 0.1138 -0.1739)
OKLCHoklch(54.66% 0.208 303.2)
XYZxyz(24.2205, 14.2267, 61.7793)
Luminance0.1423 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8B44D1 #8AD144
analogous
#4544D1 #8B44D1 #D144D0
triadic
#8B44D1 #D18B44 #44D18B
tetradic
#8B44D1 #D14544 #8AD144 #44D0D1
square
#8B44D1 #D14544 #8AD144 #44D0D1
split-complementary
#8B44D1 #D0D144 #44D145
monochromatic
#4E1F7C #6C2BAD #8B44D1 #A975DD #C8A6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.46
#8B44D1 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85
#8B44D1 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B44D1
5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8B44D1#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8B44D11.005.463.855.46
#FFFFFF5.461.0021.001.00
#0000003.8521.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.461.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#0068D5
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#0069CE
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#7D6485
Achromatopsia (no color)
#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8b44d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 68, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.208 303.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27de0',
    500: '#8b44d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8b44d1;
$custom-light: #b27de0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8b44d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.213,
    "s": 60.515,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54664,
    "c": 0.2078,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8B44D1
secondary
#B8D69A
accent
#E44493
background
#FBF7FD
surface
#F6EEFB
border
#D0C9D4
text
#110A15
muted
#807C83

Preview Lab

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#8B44D1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva