#8A44C6#8A44C6

#8A44C6 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.196 H 305.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A44C6
RGB	rgb(138, 68, 198)
HSL	hsl(272, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(272, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.3%, 65.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.68, 53.17, -56.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.68, 77.40, 313.39°)
OKLab	oklab(53.76% 0.1136 -0.1594)
OKLCH	oklch(53.76% 0.196 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.7392, 13.6149, 54.8451)
Luminance	0.1361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A44C6 #80C644

analogous

#4944C6 #8A44C6 #C644C1

triadic

#8A44C6 #C68A44 #44C68A

tetradic

#8A44C6 #C64944 #80C644 #44C1C6

square

#8A44C6 #C64944 #80C644 #44C1C6

split-complementary

#8A44C6 #C1C644 #44C649

monochromatic

#4B226E #6B309D #8A44C6 #A773D4 #C5A2E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.64

#8A44C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.72

#8A44C6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A44C6

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A44C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A44C6	1.00	5.64	3.72	5.64
#FFFFFF	5.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2067C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F607F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a44c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 68, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.196 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17cd8',
    500: '#8a44c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a44c6;
$custom-light: #b17cd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a44c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.308,
    "s": 53.279,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53765,
    "c": 0.19579,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A44C6

secondary

#B1CF97

accent

#DD4B8E

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFA

border

#D0C9D3

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A44C6

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

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