#8C4BE1#8C4BE1

#8C4BE1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.217 H 299.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C4BE1
RGB	rgb(140, 75, 225)
HSL	hsl(266, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(266, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.8%, 66.7%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.03, 56.67, -66.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.03, 87.21, 310.52°)
OKLab	oklab(56.82% 0.1058 -0.1889)
OKLCH	oklch(56.82% 0.217 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.9185, 16.0435, 72.8981)
Luminance	0.1604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C4BE1 #A0E14B

analogous

#4B55E1 #8C4BE1 #D74BE1

triadic

#8C4BE1 #E18C4B #4BE18C

tetradic

#8C4BE1 #E14B55 #A0E14B #4BE1D7

square

#8C4BE1 #E14B55 #A0E14B #4BE1D7

split-complementary

#8C4BE1 #E1D74B #55E14B

monochromatic

#501998 #6C22CD #8C4BE1 #AE7FEA #CFB4F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.99

#8C4BE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#8C4BE1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C4BE1

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C4BE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C4BE1	1.00	4.99	4.21	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006EDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#786E90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c4be1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 75, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.217 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b481eb',
    500: '#8c4be1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c4be1;
$custom-light: #b481eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c4be1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56822,
    "c": 0.21654,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C4BE1

secondary

#C8E1A6

accent

#EE3AA0

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C4BE1

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

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