#8A44AC#8A44AC

#8A44AC is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.168 H 313.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A44AC
RGB	rgb(138, 68, 172)
HSL	hsl(280, 43%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(280, 60%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 60.5%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.03, 47.25, -43.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.03, 64.33, 317.27°)
OKLab	oklab(52.04% 0.1147 -0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(52.04% 0.168 313.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.9935, 12.5166, 40.3845)
Luminance	0.1252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A44AC #66AC44

analogous

#5644AC #8A44AC #AC449A

triadic

#8A44AC #AC8A44 #44AC8A

tetradic

#8A44AC #AC5644 #66AC44 #449AAC

square

#8A44AC #AC5644 #66AC44 #449AAC

split-complementary

#8A44AC #9AAC44 #44AC56

monochromatic

#442154 #673380 #8A44AC #A669C4 #C095D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.99

#8A44AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#8A44AC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A44AC

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A44AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A44AC	1.00	5.99	3.50	5.99
#FFFFFF	5.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#215FAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F65A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#875771

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a44ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 68, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.168 313.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af7cc5',
    500: '#8a44ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a44ac;
$custom-light: #af7cc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a44ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.385,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52044,
    "c": 0.16784,
    "h": 313.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A44AC

secondary

#9DC18B

accent

#D3557E

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF8

border

#D0C9D1

text

#110A13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A44AC

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

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