#8B44D6#8B44D6

#8B44D6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.213 H 302.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B44D6
RGB	rgb(139, 68, 214)
HSL	hsl(269, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(269, 68%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 68.2%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.91, 57.17, -63.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.91, 85.41, 312.01°)
OKLab	oklab(55.03% 0.1131 -0.1806)
OKLCH	oklch(55.03% 0.213 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.8493, 14.4782, 65.0907)
Luminance	0.1448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B44D6 #8FD644

analogous

#4446D6 #8B44D6 #D444D6

triadic

#8B44D6 #D68B44 #44D68B

tetradic

#8B44D6 #D64446 #8FD644 #44D6D4

square

#8B44D6 #D64446 #8FD644 #44D6D4

split-complementary

#8B44D6 #D6D444 #46D644

monochromatic

#4E1D83 #6C28B5 #8B44D6 #AA76E1 #C9A8EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.39

#8B44D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#8B44D6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B44D6

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B44D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B44D6	1.00	5.39	3.90	5.39
#FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006AD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B6688

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b44d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 68, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.213 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27de4',
    500: '#8b44d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b44d6;
$custom-light: #b27de4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b44d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.178,
    "s": 64.035,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5503,
    "c": 0.21313,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B44D6

secondary

#BCD99C

accent

#E74196

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B44D6

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

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