#8A44BB#8A44BB

#8A44BB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.184 H 308.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A44BB
RGB	rgb(138, 68, 187)
HSL	hsl(275, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(275, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.2%, 63.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.95, 50.62, -51.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.95, 71.86, 314.79°)
OKLab	oklab(53.01% 0.1144 -0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(53.01% 0.184 308.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.5162, 13.1257, 48.4041)
Luminance	0.1313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A44BB #75BB44

analogous

#4E44BB #8A44BB #BB44B1

triadic

#8A44BB #BB8A44 #44BB8A

tetradic

#8A44BB #BB4E44 #75BB44 #44B1BB

square

#8A44BB #BB4E44 #75BB44 #44B1BB

split-complementary

#8A44BB #B1BB44 #44BB4E

monochromatic

#482361 #69348E #8A44BB #A671CB #C29EDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.79

#8A44BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#8A44BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A44BB

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A44BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A44BB	1.00	5.79	3.63	5.79
#FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3066B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#835C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a44bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 68, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.184 308.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07cd0',
    500: '#8a44bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a44bb;
$custom-light: #b07cd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a44bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.294,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53013,
    "c": 0.18396,
    "h": 308.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A44BB

secondary

#A9C893

accent

#D65188

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#110A14

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A44BB

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

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