#8C4CD9#8C4CD9

#8C4CD9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.206 H 300.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C4CD9
RGB	rgb(140, 76, 217)
HSL	hsl(267, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(267, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 65%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.65, 54.20, -62.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.65, 82.62, 311.00°)
OKLab	oklab(56.37% 0.1056 -0.1774)
OKLCH	oklch(56.37% 0.206 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.9210, 15.7539, 67.3074)
Luminance	0.1575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C4CD9 #99D94C

analogous

#4C53D9 #8C4CD9 #D24CD9

triadic

#8C4CD9 #D98C4C #4CD98C

tetradic

#8C4CD9 #D94C53 #99D94C #4CD9D2

square

#8C4CD9 #D94C53 #99D94C #4CD9D2

split-complementary

#8C4CD9 #D9D24C #53D94C

monochromatic

#501E8D #6D29BF #8C4CD9 #AC7EE4 #CDB1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#8C4CD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#8C4CD9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C4CD9

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C4CD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C4CD9	1.00	5.06	4.15	5.06
#FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#016ED6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B6C8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c4cd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 76, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.206 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b382e6',
    500: '#8c4cd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c4cd9;
$custom-light: #b382e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c4cd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.234,
    "s": 64.977,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5637,
    "c": 0.20645,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C4CD9

secondary

#C3DDA4

accent

#E8409C

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110B16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C4CD9

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

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