#8C44D2#8C44D2

#8C44D2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.209 H 303.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C44D2
RGB	rgb(140, 68, 210)
HSL	hsl(270, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(270, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 67.6%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.75, 56.41, -61.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.75, 83.40, 312.57°)
OKLab	oklab(54.85% 0.115 -0.1746)
OKLCH	oklch(54.85% 0.209 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.5125, 14.3629, 62.4412)
Luminance	0.1436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C44D2 #8AD244

analogous

#4544D2 #8C44D2 #D244D1

triadic

#8C44D2 #D28C44 #44D28C

tetradic

#8C44D2 #D24544 #8AD244 #44D1D2

square

#8C44D2 #D24544 #8AD244 #44D1D2

split-complementary

#8C44D2 #D1D244 #44D245

monochromatic

#4E1E7D #6D2AAF #8C44D2 #AA75DE #C9A7EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42

#8C44D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#8C44D2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C44D2

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C44D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C44D2	1.00	5.42	3.87	5.42
#FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006ACF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E6486

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c44d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 68, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.209 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37de1',
    500: '#8c44d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c44d2;
$custom-light: #b37de1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c44d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.423,
    "s": 61.207,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54851,
    "c": 0.20908,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C44D2

secondary

#B8D79B

accent

#E44393

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C44D2

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

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