#8A44D2#8A44D2

#8A44D2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.209 H 302.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A44D2
RGB	rgb(138, 68, 210)
HSL	hsl(270, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(270, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 67.6%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.51, 56.01, -61.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.51, 83.43, 312.17°)
OKLab	oklab(54.62% 0.1123 -0.1759)
OKLCH	oklch(54.62% 0.209 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.1785, 14.1906, 62.4255)
Luminance	0.1419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A44D2 #8CD244

analogous

#4445D2 #8A44D2 #D144D2

triadic

#8A44D2 #D28A44 #44D28A

tetradic

#8A44D2 #D24445 #8CD244 #44D2D1

square

#8A44D2 #D24445 #8CD244 #44D2D1

split-complementary

#8A44D2 #D2D144 #45D244

monochromatic

#4D1E7D #6B2AAF #8A44D2 #A975DE #C8A7EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.47

#8A44D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#8A44D2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A44D2

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A44D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A44D2	1.00	5.47	3.84	5.47
#FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0069CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B6586

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a44d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 68, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.209 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17de1',
    500: '#8a44d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a44d2;
$custom-light: #b17de1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a44d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.577,
    "s": 61.207,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54623,
    "c": 0.20868,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A44D2

secondary

#B9D79B

accent

#E44395

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A44D2

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

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