#8C44E1#8C44E1

#8C44E1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.225 H 300.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C44E1
RGB	rgb(140, 68, 225)
HSL	hsl(268, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(268, 70%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.8%, 69.8%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.83, 60.00, -68.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.83, 90.86, 311.32°)
OKLab	oklab(55.97% 0.1128 -0.1946)
OKLCH	oklch(55.97% 0.225 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.4696, 15.1457, 72.7484)
Luminance	0.1515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C44E1 #99E144

analogous

#444BE1 #8C44E1 #DA44E1

triadic

#8C44E1 #E18C44 #44E18C

tetradic

#8C44E1 #E1444B #99E144 #44E1DA

square

#8C44E1 #E1444B #99E144 #44E1DA

split-complementary

#8C44E1 #E1DA44 #4BE144

monochromatic

#501893 #6D20C8 #8C44E1 #AC79E9 #CDADF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.21

#8C44E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#8C44E1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C44E1

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C44E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C44E1	1.00	5.21	4.03	5.21
#FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006BDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#796A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c44e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 68, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.225 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b47deb',
    500: '#8c44e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c44e1;
$custom-light: #b47deb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c44e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.516,
    "s": 72.35,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55966,
    "c": 0.22495,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C44E1

secondary

#C3E0A1

accent

#EF399B

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFD

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C44E1

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

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