#8A44B5#8A44B5

#8A44B5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.177 H 310.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A44B5
RGB	rgb(138, 68, 181)
HSL	hsl(277, 45%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(277, 62%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.8%, 62.4%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.57, 49.26, -48.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.57, 68.84, 315.69°)
OKLab	oklab(52.62% 0.1146 -0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(52.62% 0.178 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.8873, 12.8741, 45.0917)
Luminance	0.1287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A44B5 #6FB544

analogous

#5244B5 #8A44B5 #B544A8

triadic

#8A44B5 #B58A44 #44B58A

tetradic

#8A44B5 #B55244 #6FB544 #44A8B5

square

#8A44B5 #B55244 #6FB544 #44A8B5

split-complementary

#8A44B5 #A8B544 #44B552

monochromatic

#46235C #683389 #8A44B5 #A66EC8 #C19AD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.87

#8A44B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#8A44B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A44B5

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A44B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A44B5	1.00	5.87	3.57	5.87
#FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F61B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3766B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#845A76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a44b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 68, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.177 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af7ccc',
    500: '#8a44b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a44b5;
$custom-light: #af7ccc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a44b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.168,
    "s": 45.382,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52617,
    "c": 0.1775,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A44B5

secondary

#A4C590

accent

#D55384

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#110A13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A44B5

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

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