#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
RGB	rgb(140, 76, 215)
HSL	hsl(268, 63%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(268, 65%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 64.7%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.51, 53.71, -61.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.51, 81.61, 311.16°)
OKLab	oklab(56.23% 0.1058 -0.1747)
OKLCH	oklch(56.23% 0.204 301.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.6625, 15.6505, 65.9457)
Luminance	0.1565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##8C4CD7	1.00	5.08	4.13	5.08
#FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #8C4CD7

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

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