#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
RGBrgb(140, 78, 231)
HSLhsl(264, 76%, 61%)
HSVhsv(264, 66%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(39.4%, 66.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LABlab(48.00, 56.68, -68.12)
CIE-LCHlch(48.00, 88.61, 309.76°)
OKLaboklab(57.65% 0.1019 -0.1943)
OKLCHoklch(57.65% 0.219 297.7)
XYZxyz(27.9597, 16.7933, 77.3542)
Luminance0.1679 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##8C4EE71.004.824.364.82
#FFFFFF4.821.0021.001.00
#0000004.3621.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.821.0021.001.00

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

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#8C4EE7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva