#8C44DD#8C44DD

#8C44DD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.221 H 300.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8C44DD
RGBrgb(140, 68, 221)
HSLhsl(268, 69%, 57%)
HSVhsv(268, 69%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(36.7%, 69.2%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LABlab(45.54, 59.03, -66.44)
CIE-LCHlch(45.54, 88.88, 311.62°)
OKLaboklab(55.66% 0.1135 -0.1893)
OKLCHoklch(55.66% 0.221 300.9)
XYZxyz(25.9303, 14.9300, 69.9083)
Luminance0.1493 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8C44DD #95DD44
analogous
#4449DD #8C44DD #D844DD
triadic
#8C44DD #DD8C44 #44DD8C
tetradic
#8C44DD #DD4449 #95DD44 #44DDD8
square
#8C44DD #DD4449 #95DD44 #44DDD8
split-complementary
#8C44DD #DDD844 #49DD44
monochromatic
#501A8D #6D23C1 #8C44DD #AC78E6 #CCACF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.27
#8C44DD on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99
#8C44DD on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C44DD
5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8C44DD#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8C44DD1.005.273.995.27
#FFFFFF5.271.0021.001.00
#0000003.9921.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.271.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#006BE2
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#006BDA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#7A698C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8c44dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 68, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.221 300.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b47de9',
    500: '#8c44dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8c44dd;
$custom-light: #b47de9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8c44dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.235,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55663,
    "c": 0.22074,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8C44DD
secondary
#C0DE9F
accent
#EC3C99
background
#FBF7FE
surface
#F6EEFD
border
#D0C9D5
text
#120A16
muted
#817C84

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#8C44DD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva