#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
RGB	rgb(139, 68, 209)
HSL	hsl(270, 61%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(270, 67%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 67.5%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.56, 55.98, -61.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.56, 82.91, 312.46°)
OKLab	oklab(54.66% 0.1138 -0.1739)
OKLCH	oklch(54.66% 0.208 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.2205, 14.2267, 61.7793)
Luminance	0.1423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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
##8B44D1	1.00	5.46	3.85	5.46
#FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #8B44D1

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

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