#8E44AD · Plum

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#8E44AD is a medium, muted purple color, closest to Plum and near Plum and Grape. In OKLCH it has 53% lightness and 0.17 chroma at hue 315°. Purple suggests creativity, luxury and imagination; deep purples feel premium, light ones feel gentle, which makes #8E44AD a natural choice for beauty, creative tools and premium products. It appears in 2 ColorSwoop palettes.

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HEX#8E44AD
RGBrgb(142, 68, 173)
HSLhsl(282, 44%, 47%)
CMYK18, 61, 0, 32
CSS var--plum
Contrast5.87:1 white · 3.58:1 black

Similar named colors

Plum #8E4585Grape #6F2DA8Amethyst #9966CCSlate Blue #6A5ACDIris #5A4FCF

How to use #8E44AD

White text passes WCAG AA on #8E44AD (5.87:1); black does not, so keep dark text off it.

For a calm scheme pair #8E44AD with its analogous neighbors #5843AD and #AD4397; for contrast use its complement #63AD43 as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #F5F5F7.

--plum: #8E44AD;

Shades & tints

#1C0E23#391B45#552968#72368A#8E44AD#A569BD#BB8FCE#D2B4DE#E8DAEF

Color harmonies for #8E44AD

Complementary

#8E44AD#63AD43

Analogous

#8E44AD#5843AD#AD4397

Triadic

#8E44AD#AD8D43#43AD8D

Split complementary

#8E44AD#97AD43#43AD58

Tetradic

#8E44AD#AD5843#63AD43#4397AD

Palettes with #8E44AD