#8C4DCD#8C4DCD

#8C4DCD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.192 H 303.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C4DCD
RGB	rgb(140, 77, 205)
HSL	hsl(270, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(270, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 62.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.03, 50.78, -56.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.03, 75.95, 311.96°)
OKLab	oklab(55.67% 0.1055 -0.1601)
OKLCH	oklch(55.67% 0.192 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.4860, 15.2910, 59.4072)
Luminance	0.1529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C4DCD #8ECD4D

analogous

#4D4ECD #8C4DCD #CC4DCD

triadic

#8C4DCD #CD8C4D #4DCD8C

tetradic

#8C4DCD #CD4D4E #8ECD4D #4DCDCC

square

#8C4DCD #CD4D4E #8ECD4D #4DCDCC

split-complementary

#8C4DCD #CDCC4D #4ECD4D

monochromatic

#4F237D #6D30AC #8C4DCD #AB7DDA #CAADE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#8C4DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#8C4DCD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C4DCD

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C4DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C4DCD	1.00	5.17	4.06	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#286DCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#806886

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c4dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 77, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.192 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b282dd',
    500: '#8c4dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c4dcd;
$custom-light: #b282dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c4dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.531,
    "s": 56.14,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55666,
    "c": 0.19171,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C4DCD

secondary

#BBD6A0

accent

#DF4895

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C4DCD

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

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