#8C33E2#8C33E2

#8C33E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.244 H 301.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C33E2
RGB	rgb(140, 51, 226)
HSL	hsl(271, 75%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(271, 77%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 77.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.41, 67.34, -72.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.41, 99.14, 312.79°)
OKLab	oklab(54.28% 0.1274 -0.2078)
OKLCH	oklch(54.28% 0.244 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.7232, 13.4339, 73.1746)
Luminance	0.1343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C33E2 #89E233

analogous

#3533E2 #8C33E2 #E233E1

triadic

#8C33E2 #E28C33 #33E28C

tetradic

#8C33E2 #E23533 #89E233 #33E1E2

square

#8C33E2 #E23533 #89E233 #33E1E2

split-complementary

#8C33E2 #E1E233 #33E235

monochromatic

#4E1387 #6D1BBD #8C33E2 #AA69EA #C89EF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.70

#8C33E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#8C33E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C33E2

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C33E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C33E2	1.00	5.70	3.69	5.70
#FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0066DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79628A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c33e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 51, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.244 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b575ec',
    500: '#8c33e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c33e2;
$custom-light: #b575ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c33e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.514,
    "s": 75.107,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54282,
    "c": 0.24374,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C33E2

secondary

#B8DE93

accent

#F23692

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F7EDFD

border

#D0C8D5

text

#120916

muted

#817B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C33E2

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

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