#8A44C8#8A44C8

#8A44C8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.198 H 305.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A44C8
RGB	rgb(138, 68, 200)
HSL	hsl(272, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(272, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 66%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.81, 53.64, -57.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.81, 78.41, 313.17°)
OKLab	oklab(53.91% 0.1135 -0.1622)
OKLCH	oklch(53.91% 0.198 305)
XYZ	xyz(22.9714, 13.7078, 56.0681)
Luminance	0.1371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A44C8 #82C844

analogous

#4844C8 #8A44C8 #C844C4

triadic

#8A44C8 #C88A44 #44C88A

tetradic

#8A44C8 #C84844 #82C844 #44C4C8

square

#8A44C8 #C84844 #82C844 #44C4C8

split-complementary

#8A44C8 #C4C844 #44C848

monochromatic

#4B2171 #6B2FA0 #8A44C8 #A873D6 #C5A3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.61

#8A44C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#8A44C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A44C8

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A44C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A44C8	1.00	5.61	3.74	5.61
#FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C68C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F6180

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a44c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 68, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.198 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17cd9',
    500: '#8a44c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a44c8;
$custom-light: #b17cd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a44c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.818,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53906,
    "c": 0.19795,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.13708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A44C8

secondary

#B2D197

accent

#DE4A8F

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A44C8

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

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