#8A44C9#8A44C9

#8A44C9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.199 H 304.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A44C9
RGB	rgb(138, 68, 201)
HSL	hsl(272, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(272, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.3%, 66.2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.88, 53.88, -57.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.88, 78.91, 313.06°)
OKLab	oklab(53.98% 0.1134 -0.1636)
OKLCH	oklch(53.98% 0.199 304.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.0886, 13.7547, 56.6856)
Luminance	0.1376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A44C9 #83C944

analogous

#4744C9 #8A44C9 #C944C6

triadic

#8A44C9 #C98A44 #44C98A

tetradic

#8A44C9 #C94744 #83C944 #44C6C9

square

#8A44C9 #C94744 #83C944 #44C6C9

split-complementary

#8A44C9 #C6C944 #44C947

monochromatic

#4B2172 #6B2FA1 #8A44C9 #A873D7 #C5A3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.60

#8A44C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#8A44C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A44C9

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A44C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A44C9	1.00	5.60	3.75	5.60
#FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1968C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E6181

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a44c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 68, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.199 304.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17cda',
    500: '#8a44c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a44c9;
$custom-light: #b17cda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a44c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.579,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53976,
    "c": 0.19902,
    "h": 304.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A44C9

secondary

#B3D198

accent

#DF4990

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A44C9

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

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