#8E44D7#8E44D7

#8E44D7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.215 H 303.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E44D7
RGB	rgb(142, 68, 215)
HSL	hsl(270, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(270, 68%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(34%, 68.4%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.35, 57.99, -63.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.35, 85.86, 312.49°)
OKLab	oklab(55.44% 0.117 -0.1801)
OKLCH	oklch(55.44% 0.215 303)
XYZ	xyz(25.4853, 14.7913, 65.7892)
Luminance	0.1479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E44D7 #8DD744

analogous

#4444D7 #8E44D7 #D744D7

triadic

#8E44D7 #D78E44 #44D78E

tetradic

#8E44D7 #D74444 #8DD744 #44D7D7

square

#8E44D7 #D74444 #8DD744 #44D7D7

split-complementary

#8E44D7 #D7D744 #44D744

monochromatic

#511C84 #6F27B7 #8E44D7 #AC76E2 #CBA9ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.31

#8E44D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.96

#8E44D7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E44D7

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E44D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E44D7	1.00	5.31	3.96	5.31
#FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ADB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006BD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F6688

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e44d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 68, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.215 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b47de4',
    500: '#8e44d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e44d7;
$custom-light: #b47de4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e44d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.204,
    "s": 64.758,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55444,
    "c": 0.21477,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.14791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E44D7

secondary

#BBDA9D

accent

#E84093

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E44D7

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

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