#8A44D1#8A44D1

#8A44D1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.208 H 302.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A44D1
RGB	rgb(138, 68, 209)
HSL	hsl(270, 61%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(270, 67%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(34%, 67.5%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.43, 55.77, -61.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.43, 82.93, 312.27°)
OKLab	oklab(54.55% 0.1125 -0.1745)
OKLCH	oklch(54.55% 0.208 302.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.0543, 14.1409, 61.7715)
Luminance	0.1414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A44D1 #8BD144

analogous

#4445D1 #8A44D1 #D044D1

triadic

#8A44D1 #D18A44 #44D18A

tetradic

#8A44D1 #D14445 #8BD144 #44D1D0

square

#8A44D1 #D14445 #8BD144 #44D1D0

split-complementary

#8A44D1 #D1D044 #45D144

monochromatic

#4D1F7C #6B2BAD #8A44D1 #A975DD #C7A6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.49

#8A44D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#8A44D1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A44D1

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A44D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A44D1	1.00	5.49	3.83	5.49
#FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0069CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C6485

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a44d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 68, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.208 302.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17de0',
    500: '#8a44d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a44d1;
$custom-light: #b17de0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a44d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.787,
    "s": 60.515,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5455,
    "c": 0.2076,
    "h": 302.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A44D1

secondary

#B9D69A

accent

#E44494

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A44D1

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

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