#8C44D7#8C44D7

#8C44D7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.214 H 302.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C44D7
RGB	rgb(140, 68, 215)
HSL	hsl(269, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(269, 68%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 68.4%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.10, 57.60, -63.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.10, 85.89, 312.11°)
OKLab	oklab(55.22% 0.1143 -0.1813)
OKLCH	oklch(55.22% 0.214 302.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.1452, 14.6159, 65.7732)
Luminance	0.1462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C44D7 #8FD744

analogous

#4445D7 #8C44D7 #D644D7

triadic

#8C44D7 #D78C44 #44D78C

tetradic

#8C44D7 #D74445 #8FD744 #44D7D6

square

#8C44D7 #D74445 #8FD744 #44D7D6

split-complementary

#8C44D7 #D7D644 #45D744

monochromatic

#4F1C84 #6D27B7 #8C44D7 #AB76E2 #CAA9ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.35

#8C44D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#8C44D7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C44D7

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C44D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C44D7	1.00	5.35	3.92	5.35
#FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ADB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006AD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D6688

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c44d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 68, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.214 302.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37de4',
    500: '#8c44d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c44d7;
$custom-light: #b37de4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c44d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.388,
    "s": 64.758,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55217,
    "c": 0.21438,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C44D7

secondary

#BCDA9D

accent

#E84096

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C44D7

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

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