#8A44B3#8A44B3

#8A44B3 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.175 H 310.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A44B3
RGB	rgb(138, 68, 179)
HSL	hsl(278, 45%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(278, 62%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 62%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.45, 48.81, -47.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.45, 67.84, 316.01°)
OKLab	oklab(52.49% 0.1147 -0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(52.49% 0.175 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.6835, 12.7926, 44.0187)
Luminance	0.1279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A44B3 #6DB344

analogous

#5244B3 #8A44B3 #B344A4

triadic

#8A44B3 #B38A44 #44B38A

tetradic

#8A44B3 #B35244 #6DB344 #44A4B3

square

#8A44B3 #B35244 #6DB344 #44A4B3

split-complementary

#8A44B3 #A4B344 #44B352

monochromatic

#46225A #683387 #8A44B3 #A66DC7 #C199D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.90

#8A44B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#8A44B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A44B3

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A44B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A44B3	1.00	5.90	3.56	5.90
#FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1461B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3965B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#855975

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a44b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 68, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.175 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af7cca',
    500: '#8a44b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a44b3;
$custom-light: #af7cca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a44b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.838,
    "s": 44.939,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52488,
    "c": 0.17534,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A44B3

secondary

#A2C48E

accent

#D55383

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF8

border

#D0C9D1

text

#110A13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A44B3

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

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