#8B44DC#8B44DC

#8B44DC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.220 H 300.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B44DC
RGB	rgb(139, 68, 220)
HSL	hsl(268, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(268, 69%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.8%, 69.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.35, 58.61, -66.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.35, 88.40, 311.52°)
OKLab	oklab(55.48% 0.1122 -0.1886)
OKLCH	oklch(55.48% 0.22 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.6297, 14.7903, 69.2008)
Luminance	0.1479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B44DC #95DC44

analogous

#4449DC #8B44DC #D744DC

triadic

#8B44DC #DC8B44 #44DC8B

tetradic

#8B44DC #DC4449 #95DC44 #44DCD7

square

#8B44DC #DC4449 #95DC44 #44DCD7

split-complementary

#8B44DC #DCD744 #49DC44

monochromatic

#4F1A8B #6C24BF #8B44DC #AB78E6 #CBABEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.31

#8B44DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.96

#8B44DC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B44DC

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B44DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B44DC	1.00	5.31	3.96	5.31
#FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006AD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79688B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b44dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 68, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.220 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37de8',
    500: '#8b44dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b44dc;
$custom-light: #b37de8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b44dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.026,
    "s": 68.468,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55477,
    "c": 0.21951,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B44DC

secondary

#C0DD9F

accent

#EB3C9A

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFD

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B44DC

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →