#8A44E0#8A44E0

#8A44E0 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.224 H 299.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A44E0
RGB	rgb(138, 68, 224)
HSL	hsl(267, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(267, 70%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 69.6%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.52, 59.39, -68.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.52, 90.42, 311.06°)
OKLab	oklab(55.67% 0.1102 -0.1945)
OKLCH	oklch(55.67% 0.224 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.9995, 14.9190, 72.0164)
Luminance	0.1492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A44E0 #9AE044

analogous

#444CE0 #8A44E0 #D844E0

triadic

#8A44E0 #E08A44 #44E08A

tetradic

#8A44E0 #E0444C #9AE044 #44E0D8

square

#8A44E0 #E0444C #9AE044 #44E0D8

split-complementary

#8A44E0 #E0D844 #4CE044

monochromatic

#4F1891 #6B21C6 #8A44E0 #AB78E9 #CCADF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.27

#8A44E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#8A44E0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A44E0

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A44E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A44E0	1.00	5.27	3.98	5.27
#FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006ADD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#766A8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a44e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 68, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.224 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b37deb',
    500: '#8a44e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a44e0;
$custom-light: #b37deb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a44e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.923,
    "s": 71.56,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5567,
    "c": 0.2236,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A44E0

secondary

#C3E0A0

accent

#EE3A9D

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFD

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A44E0

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

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