#8A44BD#8A44BD

#8A44BD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.186 H 307.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A44BD
RGB	rgb(138, 68, 189)
HSL	hsl(275, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(275, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 64%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.08, 51.08, -51.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.08, 72.87, 314.51°)
OKLab	oklab(53.15% 0.1143 -0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(53.15% 0.186 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.7318, 13.2119, 49.5396)
Luminance	0.1321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A44BD #77BD44

analogous

#4E44BD #8A44BD #BD44B3

triadic

#8A44BD #BD8A44 #44BD8A

tetradic

#8A44BD #BD4E44 #77BD44 #44B3BD

square

#8A44BD #BD4E44 #77BD44 #44B3BD

split-complementary

#8A44BD #B3BD44 #44BD4E

monochromatic

#482363 #693391 #8A44BD #A671CD #C39EDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.77

#8A44BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.64

#8A44BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A44BD

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A44BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A44BD	1.00	5.77	3.64	5.77
#FFFFFF	5.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E66BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#825D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a44bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 68, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.186 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b07cd2',
    500: '#8a44bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a44bd;
$custom-light: #b07cd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a44bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.711,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53147,
    "c": 0.18611,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A44BD

secondary

#AAC993

accent

#D75089

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#110A14

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A44BD

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

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