#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
RGB	rgb(140, 68, 211)
HSL	hsl(270, 62%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(270, 68%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 67.8%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.82, 56.65, -61.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.82, 83.90, 312.47°)
OKLab	oklab(54.92% 0.1149 -0.176)
OKLCH	oklch(54.92% 0.21 303.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.6375, 14.4128, 63.0994)
Luminance	0.1441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##8C44D3	1.00	5.41	3.88	5.41
#FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C44D3

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

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