#8B44D7#8B44D7

#8B44D7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.214 H 301.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B44D7
RGB	rgb(139, 68, 215)
HSL	hsl(269, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(269, 68%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.3%, 68.4%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.98, 57.41, -63.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.98, 85.91, 311.93°)
OKLab	oklab(55.1% 0.113 -0.182)
OKLCH	oklch(55.1% 0.214 301.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.9774, 14.5294, 65.7654)
Luminance	0.1453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B44D7 #90D744

analogous

#4446D7 #8B44D7 #D544D7

triadic

#8B44D7 #D78B44 #44D78B

tetradic

#8B44D7 #D74446 #90D744 #44D7D5

square

#8B44D7 #D74446 #90D744 #44D7D5

split-complementary

#8B44D7 #D7D544 #46D744

monochromatic

#4F1C84 #6C27B7 #8B44D7 #AA76E2 #CAA9ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.38

#8B44D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#8B44D7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B44D7

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B44D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B44D7	1.00	5.38	3.91	5.38
#FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006AD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B6688

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b44d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 68, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.214 301.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27de4',
    500: '#8b44d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b44d7;
$custom-light: #b27de4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b44d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.98,
    "s": 64.758,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55104,
    "c": 0.2142,
    "h": 301.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B44D7

secondary

#BCDA9D

accent

#E84097

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B44D7

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

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