#8B44D9#8B44D9

#8B44D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.216 H 301.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B44D9
RGB	rgb(139, 68, 217)
HSL	hsl(269, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(269, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.9%, 68.7%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.13, 57.88, -64.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.13, 86.91, 311.76°)
OKLab	oklab(55.25% 0.1127 -0.1846)
OKLCH	oklch(55.25% 0.216 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.2359, 14.6328, 67.1271)
Luminance	0.1463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B44D9 #92D944

analogous

#4447D9 #8B44D9 #D644D9

triadic

#8B44D9 #D98B44 #44D98B

tetradic

#8B44D9 #D94447 #92D944 #44D9D6

square

#8B44D9 #D94447 #92D944 #44D9D6

split-complementary

#8B44D9 #D9D644 #47D944

monochromatic

#4F1B87 #6C26BA #8B44D9 #AB77E3 #CAAAEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.35

#8B44D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#8B44D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B44D9

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B44D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B44D9	1.00	5.35	3.93	5.35
#FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ADD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006AD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A6789

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b44d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 68, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.216 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37de6',
    500: '#8b44d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b44d9;
$custom-light: #b37de6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b44d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.591,
    "s": 66.222,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55252,
    "c": 0.21633,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B44D9

secondary

#BEDB9E

accent

#E93F98

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B44D9

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

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