#8C44D3#8C44D3

#8C44D3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.210 H 303.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8C44D3
RGBrgb(140, 68, 211)
HSLhsl(270, 62%, 55%)
HSVhsv(270, 68%, 83%)
CMYKcmyk(33.6%, 67.8%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LABlab(44.82, 56.65, -61.88)
CIE-LCHlch(44.82, 83.90, 312.47°)
OKLaboklab(54.92% 0.1149 -0.176)
OKLCHoklch(54.92% 0.21 303.1)
XYZxyz(24.6375, 14.4128, 63.0994)
Luminance0.1441 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8C44D3 #8BD344
analogous
#4544D3 #8C44D3 #D344D2
triadic
#8C44D3 #D38C44 #44D38C
tetradic
#8C44D3 #D34544 #8BD344 #44D2D3
square
#8C44D3 #D34544 #8BD344 #44D2D3
split-complementary
#8C44D3 #D2D344 #44D345
monochromatic
#4F1E7F #6D29B0 #8C44D3 #AA76DF #C9A7EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41
#8C44D3 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88
#8C44D3 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C44D3
5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8C44D3#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8C44D31.005.413.885.41
#FFFFFF5.411.0021.001.00
#0000003.8821.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.411.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#0069D7
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#006AD0
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#7E6586
Achromatopsia (no color)
#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8c44d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 68, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.210 303.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37de1',
    500: '#8c44d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8c44d3;
$custom-light: #b37de1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8c44d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.21,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54924,
    "c": 0.21014,
    "h": 303.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8C44D3
secondary
#B9D89B
accent
#E54393
background
#FBF7FD
surface
#F6EEFB
border
#D0C9D4
text
#120A15
muted
#817C83

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#8C44D3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva