#8D44B2#8D44B2

#8D44B2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.175 H 312.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D44B2
RGB	rgb(141, 68, 178)
HSL	hsl(280, 45%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(280, 62%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 61.8%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.78, 49.32, -45.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.78, 67.42, 317.01°)
OKLab	oklab(52.79% 0.1186 -0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(52.79% 0.175 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.0861, 13.0119, 43.5116)
Luminance	0.1301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D44B2 #69B244

analogous

#5644B2 #8D44B2 #B244A0

triadic

#8D44B2 #B28D44 #44B28D

tetradic

#8D44B2 #B25644 #69B244 #44A0B2

square

#8D44B2 #B25644 #69B244 #44A0B2

split-complementary

#8D44B2 #A0B244 #44B256

monochromatic

#472259 #6A3386 #8D44B2 #A86CC7 #C399D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.83

#8D44B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#8D44B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D44B2

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D44B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D44B2	1.00	5.83	3.60	5.83
#FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A61B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D67AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#895875

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d44b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 68, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.175 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17cc9',
    500: '#8d44b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d44b2;
$custom-light: #b17cc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d44b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.818,
    "s": 44.715,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52793,
    "c": 0.17535,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D44B2

secondary

#A0C48E

accent

#D4537F

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF8

border

#D0C9D1

text

#110A13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D44B2

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

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