#8E44D2#8E44D2

#8E44D2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.210 H 304.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E44D2
RGB	rgb(142, 68, 210)
HSL	hsl(271, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(271, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 67.6%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.00, 56.82, -61.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.00, 83.37, 312.96°)
OKLab	oklab(55.08% 0.1177 -0.1733)
OKLCH	oklch(55.08% 0.21 304.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.8527, 14.5383, 62.4571)
Luminance	0.1454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E44D2 #88D244

analogous

#4744D2 #8E44D2 #D244CF

triadic

#8E44D2 #D28E44 #44D28E

tetradic

#8E44D2 #D24744 #88D244 #44CFD2

square

#8E44D2 #D24744 #88D244 #44CFD2

split-complementary

#8E44D2 #CFD244 #44D247

monochromatic

#501E7D #6F2AAF #8E44D2 #AC75DE #CAA7EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#8E44D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#8E44D2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E44D2

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E44D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E44D2	1.00	5.37	3.91	5.37
#FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#076ACF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#816486

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e44d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 68, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.210 304.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b47de1',
    500: '#8e44d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e44d2;
$custom-light: #b47de1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e44d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.268,
    "s": 61.207,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55081,
    "c": 0.20951,
    "h": 304.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E44D2

secondary

#B8D79B

accent

#E44391

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#120A15

muted

#817C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E44D2

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

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