#8E44D5#8E44D5

#8E44D5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.213 H 303.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E44D5
RGB	rgb(142, 68, 213)
HSL	hsl(271, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(271, 68%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 68.1%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.21, 57.52, -62.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.21, 84.86, 312.67°)
OKLab	oklab(55.3% 0.1173 -0.1774)
OKLCH	oklch(55.3% 0.213 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.2299, 14.6892, 64.4440)
Luminance	0.1469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E44D5 #8BD544

analogous

#4644D5 #8E44D5 #D544D3

triadic

#8E44D5 #D58E44 #44D58E

tetradic

#8E44D5 #D54644 #8BD544 #44D3D5

square

#8E44D5 #D54644 #8BD544 #44D3D5

split-complementary

#8E44D5 #D3D544 #44D546

monochromatic

#501D82 #6F28B3 #8E44D5 #AC76E0 #CAA8EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.33

#8E44D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#8E44D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E44D5

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E44D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E44D5	1.00	5.33	3.94	5.33
#FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006BD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#806587

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e44d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 68, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.213 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b47de3',
    500: '#8e44d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e44d5;
$custom-light: #b47de3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e44d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.621,
    "s": 63.319,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55298,
    "c": 0.21267,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E44D5

secondary

#BAD99C

accent

#E64192

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A15

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E44D5

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

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