#8C4DDD#8C4DDD

#8C4DDD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.210 H 299.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C4DDD
RGB	rgb(140, 77, 221)
HSL	hsl(266, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(266, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.7%, 65.2%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.11, 54.69, -63.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.11, 84.10, 310.56°)
OKLab	oklab(56.79% 0.1041 -0.1819)
OKLCH	oklch(56.79% 0.21 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.5170, 16.1034, 70.1038)
Luminance	0.1610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C4DDD #9EDD4D

analogous

#4D56DD #8C4DDD #D44DDD

triadic

#8C4DDD #DD8C4D #4DDD8C

tetradic

#8C4DDD #DD4D56 #9EDD4D #4DDDD4

square

#8C4DDD #DD4D56 #9EDD4D #4DDDD4

split-complementary

#8C4DDD #DDD44D #56DD4D

monochromatic

#501C93 #6C26C7 #8C4DDD #AD80E7 #CEB4F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#8C4DDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#8C4DDD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C4DDD

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C4DDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C4DDD	1.00	4.98	4.22	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006FDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A6E8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c4ddd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 77, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.210 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b383e8',
    500: '#8c4ddd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c4ddd;
$custom-light: #b383e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c4ddd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.25,
    "s": 67.925,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56789,
    "c": 0.20959,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C4DDD

secondary

#C6DFA6

accent

#EB3D9F

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C4DDD

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

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