#8E44D8#8E44D8

#8E44D8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.216 H 302.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E44D8
RGB	rgb(142, 68, 216)
HSL	hsl(270, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(270, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 68.5%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.42, 58.23, -63.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.42, 86.35, 312.40°)
OKLab	oklab(55.52% 0.1169 -0.1814)
OKLCH	oklch(55.52% 0.216 302.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.6142, 14.8429, 66.4680)
Luminance	0.1484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E44D8 #8ED844

analogous

#4444D8 #8E44D8 #D844D8

triadic

#8E44D8 #D88E44 #44D88E

tetradic

#8E44D8 #D84444 #8ED844 #44D8D8

square

#8E44D8 #D84444 #8ED844 #44D8D8

split-complementary

#8E44D8 #D8D844 #44D844

monochromatic

#511C86 #6F26B8 #8E44D8 #AD77E3 #CBA9ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.29

#8E44D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.97

#8E44D8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E44D8

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E44D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E44D8	1.00	5.29	3.97	5.29
#FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ADC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006BD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F6689

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e44d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 68, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.216 302.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b57de5',
    500: '#8e44d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e44d8;
$custom-light: #b57de5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e44d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 65.487,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55517,
    "c": 0.21583,
    "h": 302.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E44D8

secondary

#BCDB9D

accent

#E83F94

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E44D8

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

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