#8E44D3#8E44D3

#8E44D3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.211 H 303.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E44D3
RGB	rgb(142, 68, 211)
HSL	hsl(271, 62%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(271, 68%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.7%, 67.8%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.06, 57.05, -61.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.06, 83.87, 312.86°)
OKLab	oklab(55.15% 0.1176 -0.1747)
OKLCH	oklch(55.15% 0.211 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.9776, 14.5882, 63.1153)
Luminance	0.1459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E44D3 #89D344

analogous

#4744D3 #8E44D3 #D344D1

triadic

#8E44D3 #D38E44 #44D38E

tetradic

#8E44D3 #D34744 #89D344 #44D1D3

square

#8E44D3 #D34744 #89D344 #44D1D3

split-complementary

#8E44D3 #D1D344 #44D347

monochromatic

#501E7F #6F29B0 #8E44D3 #AC76DF #CAA7EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.36

#8E44D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#8E44D3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E44D3

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E44D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E44D3	1.00	5.36	3.92	5.36
#FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#026AD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#816486

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e44d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 68, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.211 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b47de1',
    500: '#8e44d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e44d3;
$custom-light: #b47de1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e44d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.049,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55153,
    "c": 0.21056,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E44D3

secondary

#B8D89B

accent

#E54391

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#120A15

muted

#817C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E44D3

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