#8C4CE6#8C4CE6

#8C4CE6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.221 H 298.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C4CE6
RGB	rgb(140, 76, 230)
HSL	hsl(265, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(265, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 67%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.57, 57.41, -68.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.57, 89.19, 310.07°)
OKLab	oklab(57.32% 0.1041 -0.1947)
OKLCH	oklch(57.32% 0.221 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.6789, 16.4571, 76.5658)
Luminance	0.1646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C4CE6 #A6E64C

analogous

#4C59E6 #8C4CE6 #D94CE6

triadic

#8C4CE6 #E68C4C #4CE68C

tetradic

#8C4CE6 #E64C59 #A6E64C #4CE6D9

square

#8C4CE6 #E64C59 #A6E64C #4CE6D9

split-complementary

#8C4CE6 #E6D94C #59E64C

monochromatic

#5017A1 #6B1ED7 #8C4CE6 #AE82ED #D1B7F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#8C4CE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#8C4CE6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C4CE6

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C4CE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C4CE6	1.00	4.89	4.29	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006FE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#767093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c4ce6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 76, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.221 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b482ef',
    500: '#8c4ce6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c4ce6;
$custom-light: #b482ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c4ce6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.935,
    "s": 75.49,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57319,
    "c": 0.22079,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C4CE6

secondary

#CCE5A9

accent

#F236A4

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B17

muted

#817C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C4CE6

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

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