#8A44CA#8A44CA

#8A44CA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.200 H 304.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A44CA
RGB	rgb(138, 68, 202)
HSL	hsl(271, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(271, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 66.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.95, 54.11, -58.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.95, 79.41, 312.96°)
OKLab	oklab(54.05% 0.1133 -0.165)
OKLCH	oklch(54.05% 0.2 304.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.2066, 13.8019, 57.3071)
Luminance	0.1380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A44CA #84CA44

analogous

#4744CA #8A44CA #CA44C7

triadic

#8A44CA #CA8A44 #44CA8A

tetradic

#8A44CA #CA4744 #84CA44 #44C7CA

square

#8A44CA #CA4744 #84CA44 #44C7CA

split-complementary

#8A44CA #C7CA44 #44CA47

monochromatic

#4C2173 #6B2EA3 #8A44CA #A874D8 #C6A3E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#8A44CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#8A44CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A44CA

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A44CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A44CA	1.00	5.58	3.76	5.58
#FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1768C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E6281

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a44ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 68, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.200 304.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17ddb',
    500: '#8a44ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a44ca;
$custom-light: #b17ddb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a44ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.343,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54047,
    "c": 0.20009,
    "h": 304.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A44CA

secondary

#B4D298

accent

#DF4991

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A44CA

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

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