#8A44B6#8A44B6

#8A44B6 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.179 H 309.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A44B6
RGB	rgb(138, 68, 182)
HSL	hsl(277, 46%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(277, 63%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.2%, 62.6%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.64, 49.49, -48.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.64, 69.34, 315.53°)
OKLab	oklab(52.68% 0.1146 -0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(52.68% 0.179 309.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.9902, 12.9153, 45.6341)
Luminance	0.1291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A44B6 #70B644

analogous

#5144B6 #8A44B6 #B644A9

triadic

#8A44B6 #B68A44 #44B68A

tetradic

#8A44B6 #B65144 #70B644 #44A9B6

square

#8A44B6 #B65144 #70B644 #44A9B6

split-complementary

#8A44B6 #A9B644 #44B651

monochromatic

#46235D #683389 #8A44B6 #A66EC9 #C19BDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.86

#8A44B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#8A44B6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A44B6

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A44B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A44B6	1.00	5.86	3.58	5.86
#FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C62BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3666B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#845A77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a44b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 68, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.179 309.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af7ccc',
    500: '#8a44b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a44b6;
$custom-light: #af7ccc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a44b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.842,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52683,
    "c": 0.17857,
    "h": 309.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A44B6

secondary

#A5C690

accent

#D55385

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#110A13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A44B6

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

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