#8B44D4#8B44D4

#8B44D4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.211 H 302.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B44D4
RGB	rgb(139, 68, 212)
HSL	hsl(270, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(270, 68%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.4%, 67.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.77, 56.69, -62.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.77, 84.41, 312.19°)
OKLab	oklab(54.88% 0.1134 -0.1779)
OKLCH	oklch(54.88% 0.211 302.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.5955, 14.3766, 63.7538)
Luminance	0.1438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B44D4 #8DD444

analogous

#4445D4 #8B44D4 #D344D4

triadic

#8B44D4 #D48B44 #44D48B

tetradic

#8B44D4 #D44445 #8DD444 #44D4D3

square

#8B44D4 #D44445 #8DD444 #44D4D3

split-complementary

#8B44D4 #D4D344 #45D444

monochromatic

#4E1D80 #6C29B2 #8B44D4 #AA76DF #C9A8EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42

#8B44D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#8B44D4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B44D4

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B44D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B44D4	1.00	5.42	3.88	5.42
#FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0069D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C6587

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b44d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 68, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.211 302.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27de2',
    500: '#8b44d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b44d4;
$custom-light: #b27de2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b44d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.583,
    "s": 62.609,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54883,
    "c": 0.211,
    "h": 302.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B44D4

secondary

#BAD89C

accent

#E64295

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#110A15

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B44D4

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

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