#8B44E0#8B44E0

#8B44E0 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.224 H 299.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B44E0
RGB	rgb(139, 68, 224)
HSL	hsl(267, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(267, 70%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.9%, 69.6%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.64, 59.57, -67.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.64, 90.39, 311.23°)
OKLab	oklab(55.78% 0.1116 -0.1939)
OKLCH	oklch(55.78% 0.224 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.1658, 15.0048, 72.0242)
Luminance	0.1500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B44E0 #99E044

analogous

#444BE0 #8B44E0 #D944E0

triadic

#8B44E0 #E08B44 #44E08B

tetradic

#8B44E0 #E0444B #99E044 #44E0D9

square

#8B44E0 #E0444B #99E044 #44E0D9

split-complementary

#8B44E0 #E0D944 #4BE044

monochromatic

#4F1891 #6C21C6 #8B44E0 #AC78E9 #CCADF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.25

#8B44E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#8B44E0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B44E0

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B44E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B44E0	1.00	5.25	4.00	5.25
#FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006BDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#786A8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b44e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 68, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.224 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37deb',
    500: '#8b44e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b44e0;
$custom-light: #b37deb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b44e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.308,
    "s": 71.56,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55779,
    "c": 0.22375,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B44E0

secondary

#C3E0A0

accent

#EE3A9C

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFD

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B44E0

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

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