#8C4EE7#8C4EE7

#8C4EE7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.219 H 297.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C4EE7
RGB	rgb(140, 78, 231)
HSL	hsl(264, 76%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(264, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 66.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.00, 56.68, -68.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.00, 88.61, 309.76°)
OKLab	oklab(57.65% 0.1019 -0.1943)
OKLCH	oklch(57.65% 0.219 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.9597, 16.7933, 77.3542)
Luminance	0.1679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C4EE7 #A9E74E

analogous

#4E5CE7 #8C4EE7 #D94EE7

triadic

#8C4EE7 #E78C4E #4EE78C

tetradic

#8C4EE7 #E74E5C #A9E74E #4EE7D9

square

#8C4EE7 #E74E5C #A9E74E #4EE7D9

split-complementary

#8C4EE7 #E7D94E #5CE74E

monochromatic

#5016A4 #6A1EDA #8C4EE7 #AF84EE #D2BAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#8C4EE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#8C4EE7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C4EE7

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C4EE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C4EE7	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0070E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#767294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c4ee7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 78, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.219 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b483f0',
    500: '#8c4ee7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c4ee7;
$custom-light: #b483f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c4ee7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.314,
    "s": 76.119,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5765,
    "c": 0.21943,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C4EE7

secondary

#CEE5AB

accent

#D80D86

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFD

border

#D0CAD5

text

#120B17

muted

#817C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C4EE7

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

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