#8A32B9#8A32B9

#8A32B9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.205 H 310.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A32B9
RGB	rgb(138, 50, 185)
HSL	hsl(279, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(279, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 73%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.89, 58.33, -54.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.89, 80.00, 316.81°)
OKLab	oklab(50.78% 0.1342 -0.155)
OKLCH	oklch(50.78% 0.205 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.3771, 11.1877, 46.9755)
Luminance	0.1119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A32B9 #61B932

analogous

#4632B9 #8A32B9 #B932A4

triadic

#8A32B9 #B98A32 #32B98A

tetradic

#8A32B9 #B94632 #61B932 #32A4B9

square

#8A32B9 #B94632 #61B932 #32A4B9

split-complementary

#8A32B9 #A4B932 #32B946

monochromatic

#421859 #662589 #8A32B9 #A757D2 #C087DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.49

#8A32B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.24

#8A32B9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A32B9

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A32B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A32B9	1.00	6.49	3.24	6.49
#FFFFFF	6.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005ABD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A5FB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#845173

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a32b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 50, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.205 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b172cf',
    500: '#8a32b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a32b9;
$custom-light: #b172cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a32b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.111,
    "s": 57.447,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50781,
    "c": 0.20501,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A32B9

secondary

#98C87F

accent

#E1477D

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110814

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A32B9

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

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