#8A44B1#8A44B1

#8A44B1 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.173 H 311.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A44B1
RGB	rgb(138, 68, 177)
HSL	hsl(279, 44%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(279, 62%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 61.6%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.33, 48.36, -46.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.33, 66.83, 316.35°)
OKLab	oklab(52.36% 0.1147 -0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(52.36% 0.173 311.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.4827, 12.7123, 42.9612)
Luminance	0.1271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A44B1 #6BB144

analogous

#5344B1 #8A44B1 #B144A1

triadic

#8A44B1 #B18A44 #44B18A

tetradic

#8A44B1 #B15344 #6BB144 #44A1B1

square

#8A44B1 #B15344 #6BB144 #44A1B1

split-complementary

#8A44B1 #A1B144 #44B153

monochromatic

#452259 #683385 #8A44B1 #A66CC6 #C198D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.93

#8A44B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#8A44B1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A44B1

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A44B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A44B1	1.00	5.93	3.54	5.93
#FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1960B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A65AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#855974

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a44b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 68, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.173 311.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af7cc9',
    500: '#8a44b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a44b1;
$custom-light: #af7cc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a44b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.532,
    "s": 44.49,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52359,
    "c": 0.17319,
    "h": 311.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A44B1

secondary

#A1C38D

accent

#D45482

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF8

border

#D0C9D1

text

#110A13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A44B1

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

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