#8A44D6#8A44D6

#8A44D6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.213 H 301.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A44D6
RGB	rgb(138, 68, 214)
HSL	hsl(269, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(269, 68%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 68.2%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.79, 56.97, -63.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.79, 85.43, 311.83°)
OKLab	oklab(54.92% 0.1118 -0.1812)
OKLCH	oklch(54.92% 0.213 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.6830, 14.3925, 65.0829)
Luminance	0.1439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A44D6 #90D644

analogous

#4447D6 #8A44D6 #D344D6

triadic

#8A44D6 #D68A44 #44D68A

tetradic

#8A44D6 #D64447 #90D644 #44D6D3

square

#8A44D6 #D64447 #90D644 #44D6D3

split-complementary

#8A44D6 #D6D344 #47D644

monochromatic

#4E1D83 #6B28B5 #8A44D6 #A976E1 #C9A8EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41

#8A44D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#8A44D6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A44D6

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A44D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A44D6	1.00	5.41	3.88	5.41
#FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0069D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A6688

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a44d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 68, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.213 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27de4',
    500: '#8a44d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a44d6;
$custom-light: #b27de4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a44d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.767,
    "s": 64.035,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54917,
    "c": 0.21295,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A44D6

secondary

#BCD99C

accent

#E74197

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#110A16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A44D6

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

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