#8C4BE4#8C4BE4

#8C4BE4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.220 H 298.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C4BE4
RGB	rgb(140, 75, 228)
HSL	hsl(265, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(265, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 67.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.25, 57.41, -67.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.25, 88.72, 310.32°)
OKLab	oklab(57.04% 0.1054 -0.1929)
OKLCH	oklch(57.04% 0.22 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.3313, 16.2087, 75.0724)
Luminance	0.1621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C4BE4 #A3E44B

analogous

#4B57E4 #8C4BE4 #D84BE4

triadic

#8C4BE4 #E48C4B #4BE48C

tetradic

#8C4BE4 #E44B57 #A3E44B #4BE4D8

square

#8C4BE4 #E44B57 #A3E44B #4BE4D8

split-complementary

#8C4BE4 #E4D84B #57E44B

monochromatic

#50189D #6B20D2 #8C4BE4 #AE80EC #D0B5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#8C4BE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#8C4BE4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C4BE4

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C4BE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C4BE4	1.00	4.95	4.24	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006FE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#776F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c4be4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 75, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.220 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b482ed',
    500: '#8c4be4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c4be4;
$custom-light: #b482ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c4be4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.49,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57044,
    "c": 0.21982,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C4BE4

secondary

#CAE3A8

accent

#F137A2

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C4BE4

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

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