#8E44D9#8E44D9

#8E44D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.217 H 302.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E44D9
RGB	rgb(142, 68, 217)
HSL	hsl(270, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(270, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.6%, 68.7%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.49, 58.46, -64.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.49, 86.85, 312.31°)
OKLab	oklab(55.59% 0.1168 -0.1828)
OKLCH	oklch(55.59% 0.217 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.7439, 14.8947, 67.1509)
Luminance	0.1489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E44D9 #8FD944

analogous

#4444D9 #8E44D9 #D944D9

triadic

#8E44D9 #D98E44 #44D98E

tetradic

#8E44D9 #D94444 #8FD944 #44D9D9

square

#8E44D9 #D94444 #8FD944 #44D9D9

split-complementary

#8E44D9 #D9D944 #44D944

monochromatic

#511B87 #6F26BA #8E44D9 #AD77E3 #CBAAEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.28

#8E44D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#8E44D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E44D9

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E44D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E44D9	1.00	5.28	3.98	5.28
#FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ADD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006BD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F6789

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e44d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 68, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.217 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b57de6',
    500: '#8e44d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e44d9;
$custom-light: #b57de6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e44d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.799,
    "s": 66.222,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55591,
    "c": 0.21688,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E44D9

secondary

#BDDB9E

accent

#E93F94

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E44D9

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

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