#8A44D9#8A44D9

#8A44D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.216 H 301.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A44D9
RGB	rgb(138, 68, 217)
HSL	hsl(268, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(268, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 68.7%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.01, 57.69, -65.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.01, 86.93, 311.58°)
OKLab	oklab(55.14% 0.1113 -0.1853)
OKLCH	oklch(55.14% 0.216 301)
XYZ	xyz(25.0697, 14.5471, 67.1193)
Luminance	0.1455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A44D9 #93D944

analogous

#4448D9 #8A44D9 #D444D9

triadic

#8A44D9 #D98A44 #44D98A

tetradic

#8A44D9 #D94448 #93D944 #44D9D4

square

#8A44D9 #D94448 #93D944 #44D9D4

split-complementary

#8A44D9 #D9D444 #48D944

monochromatic

#4E1B87 #6B26BA #8A44D9 #AA77E3 #CAAAEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#8A44D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#8A44D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A44D9

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A44D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A44D9	1.00	5.37	3.91	5.37
#FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ADD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006AD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#796789

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a44d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 68, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.216 301.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27de6',
    500: '#8a44d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a44d9;
$custom-light: #b27de6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a44d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.188,
    "s": 66.222,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55141,
    "c": 0.21615,
    "h": 301
  },
  "luminance": 0.14547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A44D9

secondary

#BEDB9E

accent

#E93F99

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#110A16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A44D9

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

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