#8C4EDD#8C4EDD

#8C4EDD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.208 H 299.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C4EDD
RGB	rgb(140, 78, 221)
HSL	hsl(266, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(266, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.7%, 64.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.29, 54.18, -63.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.29, 83.55, 310.43°)
OKLab	oklab(56.92% 0.1031 -0.181)
OKLCH	oklch(56.92% 0.208 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.5875, 16.2444, 70.1273)
Luminance	0.1625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C4EDD #9FDD4E

analogous

#4E57DD #8C4EDD #D44EDD

triadic

#8C4EDD #DD8C4E #4EDD8C

tetradic

#8C4EDD #DD4E57 #9FDD4E #4EDDD4

square

#8C4EDD #DD4E57 #9FDD4E #4EDDD4

split-complementary

#8C4EDD #DDD44E #57DD4E

monochromatic

#501C94 #6C26C7 #8C4EDD #AD81E7 #CFB5F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#8C4EDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#8C4EDD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C4EDD

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C4EDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C4EDD	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006FDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A6E8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c4edd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 78, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.208 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b383e8',
    500: '#8c4edd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c4edd;
$custom-light: #b383e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c4edd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.014,
    "s": 67.773,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56921,
    "c": 0.20831,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C4EDD

secondary

#C7E0A7

accent

#EB3D9F

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C4EDD

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

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