#8A33B8#8A33B8

#8A33B8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.203 H 311.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A33B8
RGB	rgb(138, 51, 184)
HSL	hsl(279, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(279, 72%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 72.3%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.97, 57.70, -54.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.97, 79.06, 316.88°)
OKLab	oklab(50.81% 0.1334 -0.1529)
OKLCH	oklch(50.81% 0.203 311.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.3151, 11.2321, 46.4360)
Luminance	0.1123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A33B8 #61B833

analogous

#4733B8 #8A33B8 #B833A3

triadic

#8A33B8 #B88A33 #33B88A

tetradic

#8A33B8 #B84733 #61B833 #33A3B8

square

#8A33B8 #B84733 #61B833 #33A3B8

split-complementary

#8A33B8 #A3B833 #33B847

monochromatic

#421858 #662688 #8A33B8 #A758D1 #C088DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.47

#8A33B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.25

#8A33B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A33B8

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A33B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A33B8	1.00	6.47	3.25	6.47
#FFFFFF	6.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005ABC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D60B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#845172

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a33b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 51, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.203 311.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b173ce',
    500: '#8a33b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a33b8;
$custom-light: #b173ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a33b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.248,
    "s": 56.596,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50811,
    "c": 0.20289,
    "h": 311.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A33B8

secondary

#98C87F

accent

#E0487C

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110814

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A33B8

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

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