#8A44B4#8A44B4

#8A44B4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.176 H 310.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A44B4
RGB	rgb(138, 68, 180)
HSL	hsl(278, 45%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(278, 62%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 62.2%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.51, 49.03, -47.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.51, 68.34, 315.85°)
OKLab	oklab(52.55% 0.1147 -0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(52.55% 0.176 310.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.7850, 12.8332, 44.5533)
Luminance	0.1283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A44B4 #6EB444

analogous

#5244B4 #8A44B4 #B444A6

triadic

#8A44B4 #B48A44 #44B48A

tetradic

#8A44B4 #B45244 #6EB444 #44A6B4

square

#8A44B4 #B45244 #6EB444 #44A6B4

split-complementary

#8A44B4 #A6B444 #44B452

monochromatic

#46225B #683388 #8A44B4 #A66DC8 #C19AD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.89

#8A44B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#8A44B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A44B4

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A44B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A44B4	1.00	5.89	3.57	5.89
#FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1261B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3866B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#855A76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a44b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 68, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.176 310.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af7ccb',
    500: '#8a44b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a44b4;
$custom-light: #af7ccb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a44b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 45.161,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52552,
    "c": 0.17642,
    "h": 310.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A44B4

secondary

#A3C58F

accent

#D55384

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF8

border

#D0C9D1

text

#110A13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A44B4

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

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