#8C4BDD#8C4BDD

#8C4BDD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.212 H 300.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C4BDD
RGB	rgb(140, 75, 221)
HSL	hsl(267, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(267, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.7%, 66.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.75, 55.68, -64.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.75, 85.19, 310.81°)
OKLab	oklab(56.53% 0.1063 -0.1836)
OKLCH	oklch(56.53% 0.212 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.3792, 15.8278, 70.0579)
Luminance	0.1583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C4BDD #9CDD4B

analogous

#4B53DD #8C4BDD #D54BDD

triadic

#8C4BDD #DD8C4B #4BDD8C

tetradic

#8C4BDD #DD4B53 #9CDD4B #4BDDD5

square

#8C4BDD #DD4B53 #9CDD4B #4BDDD5

split-complementary

#8C4BDD #DDD54B #53DD4B

monochromatic

#501C92 #6D25C5 #8C4BDD #AD7EE7 #CEB2F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#8C4BDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#8C4BDD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C4BDD

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C4BDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C4BDD	1.00	5.04	4.17	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006EDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A6D8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c4bdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 75, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.212 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b381e8',
    500: '#8c4bdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c4bdd;
$custom-light: #b381e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c4bdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.712,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56528,
    "c": 0.21215,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C4BDD

secondary

#C5DFA5

accent

#EB3D9D

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C4BDD

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

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