#8C4CD4#8C4CD4

#8C4CD4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.201 H 301.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C4CD4
RGB	rgb(140, 76, 212)
HSL	hsl(268, 61%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(268, 64%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(34%, 64.2%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.31, 52.98, -60.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.31, 80.08, 311.42°)
OKLab	oklab(56.02% 0.1061 -0.1706)
OKLCH	oklch(56.02% 0.201 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.2805, 15.4977, 63.9341)
Luminance	0.1550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C4CD4 #94D44C

analogous

#4C50D4 #8C4CD4 #D04CD4

triadic

#8C4CD4 #D48C4C #4CD48C

tetradic

#8C4CD4 #D44C50 #94D44C #4CD4D0

square

#8C4CD4 #D44C50 #94D44C #4CD4D0

split-complementary

#8C4CD4 #D4D04C #50D44C

monochromatic

#502086 #6D2CB7 #8C4CD4 #AC7DE0 #CBAFEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.12

#8C4CD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#8C4CD4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C4CD4

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C4CD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C4CD4	1.00	5.12	4.10	5.12
#FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#176DD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D6A89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c4cd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 76, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.201 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b282e2',
    500: '#8c4cd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c4cd4;
$custom-light: #b282e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c4cd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.235,
    "s": 61.261,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56016,
    "c": 0.20089,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C4CD4

secondary

#C0DAA2

accent

#E44399

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C4CD4

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

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