#8B44DD#8B44DD

#8B44DD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.221 H 300.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B44DD
RGB	rgb(139, 68, 221)
HSL	hsl(268, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(268, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 69.2%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.42, 58.85, -66.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.42, 88.90, 311.45°)
OKLab	oklab(55.55% 0.1121 -0.19)
OKLCH	oklch(55.55% 0.221 300.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.7625, 14.8435, 69.9004)
Luminance	0.1484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B44DD #96DD44

analogous

#444ADD #8B44DD #D844DD

triadic

#8B44DD #DD8B44 #44DD8B

tetradic

#8B44DD #DD444A #96DD44 #44DDD8

square

#8B44DD #DD444A #96DD44 #44DDD8

split-complementary

#8B44DD #DDD844 #4ADD44

monochromatic

#4F1A8D #6C23C1 #8B44DD #AB78E6 #CBACF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.29

#8B44DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.97

#8B44DD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B44DD

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B44DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B44DD	1.00	5.29	3.97	5.29
#FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006ADA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79698C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b44dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 68, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.221 300.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37de9',
    500: '#8b44dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b44dd;
$custom-light: #b37de9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b44dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.843,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55552,
    "c": 0.22057,
    "h": 300.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B44DD

secondary

#C1DE9F

accent

#EC3C9A

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFD

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B44DD

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

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