#8E44C8#8E44C8

#8E44C8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.199 H 306.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E44C8
RGB	rgb(142, 68, 200)
HSL	hsl(274, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(274, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 66%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.31, 54.50, -56.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.31, 78.39, 314.04°)
OKLab	oklab(54.37% 0.1188 -0.1596)
OKLCH	oklch(54.37% 0.199 306.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.6456, 14.0554, 56.0997)
Luminance	0.1406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E44C8 #7EC844

analogous

#4C44C8 #8E44C8 #C844C0

triadic

#8E44C8 #C88E44 #44C88E

tetradic

#8E44C8 #C84C44 #7EC844 #44C0C8

square

#8E44C8 #C84C44 #7EC844 #44C0C8

split-complementary

#8E44C8 #C0C844 #44C84C

monochromatic

#4E2171 #6E2FA0 #8E44C8 #AB73D6 #C7A3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#8E44C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#8E44C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E44C8

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E44C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E44C8	1.00	5.51	3.81	5.51
#FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2469C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#846080

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e44c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 68, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.199 306.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37dd9',
    500: '#8e44c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e44c8;
$custom-light: #b37dd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e44c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.636,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54375,
    "c": 0.19895,
    "h": 306.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E44C8

secondary

#B0D197

accent

#DE4A8B

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E44C8

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

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