#8A44D0#8A44D0

#8A44D0 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.207 H 303.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A44D0
RGB	rgb(138, 68, 208)
HSL	hsl(270, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(270, 67%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.7%, 67.3%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.36, 55.54, -60.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.36, 82.43, 312.36°)
OKLab	oklab(54.48% 0.1126 -0.1732)
OKLCH	oklch(54.48% 0.207 303)
XYZ	xyz(23.9309, 14.0916, 61.1215)
Luminance	0.1409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A44D0 #8AD044

analogous

#4444D0 #8A44D0 #D044D0

triadic

#8A44D0 #D08A44 #44D08A

tetradic

#8A44D0 #D04444 #8AD044 #44D0D0

square

#8A44D0 #D04444 #8AD044 #44D0D0

split-complementary

#8A44D0 #D0D044 #44D044

monochromatic

#4D1F7B #6B2BAC #8A44D0 #A975DC #C7A6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.50

#8A44D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#8A44D0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A44D0

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A44D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A44D0	1.00	5.50	3.82	5.50
#FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0069CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C6485

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a44d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 68, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.207 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17ddf',
    500: '#8a44d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a44d0;
$custom-light: #b17ddf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a44d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 59.829,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54478,
    "c": 0.20653,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.14092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A44D0

secondary

#B8D69A

accent

#E34594

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A44D0

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

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