#8C4CD7#8C4CD7

#8C4CD7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.204 H 301.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8C4CD7
RGBrgb(140, 76, 215)
HSLhsl(268, 63%, 57%)
HSVhsv(268, 65%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(34.9%, 64.7%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LABlab(46.51, 53.71, -61.43)
CIE-LCHlch(46.51, 81.61, 311.16°)
OKLaboklab(56.23% 0.1058 -0.1747)
OKLCHoklch(56.23% 0.204 301.2)
XYZxyz(25.6625, 15.6505, 65.9457)
Luminance0.1565 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8C4CD7 #97D74C
analogous
#4C52D7 #8C4CD7 #D24CD7
triadic
#8C4CD7 #D78C4C #4CD78C
tetradic
#8C4CD7 #D74C52 #97D74C #4CD7D2
square
#8C4CD7 #D74C52 #97D74C #4CD7D2
split-complementary
#8C4CD7 #D7D24C #52D74C
monochromatic
#501F8A #6D2ABC #8C4CD7 #AC7EE2 #CCB0ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08
#8C4CD7 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13
#8C4CD7 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C4CD7
5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8C4CD7#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8C4CD71.005.084.135.08
#FFFFFF5.081.0021.001.00
#0000004.1321.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.081.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#006DDB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#0C6DD4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#7C6B8B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8c4cd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 76, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.204 301.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b382e4',
    500: '#8c4cd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8c4cd7;
$custom-light: #b382e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8c4cd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.626,
    "s": 63.47,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56228,
    "c": 0.20423,
    "h": 301.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8C4CD7
secondary
#C2DCA3
accent
#E6419A
background
#FBF8FE
surface
#F6EFFC
border
#D0CAD5
text
#110B16
muted
#807C84

Preview Lab

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#8C4CD7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva