#8A33BA#8A33BA

#8A33BA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.205 H 310.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A33BA
RGB	rgb(138, 51, 186)
HSL	hsl(279, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(279, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 72.6%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.11, 58.13, -55.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.11, 80.03, 316.59°)
OKLab	oklab(50.96% 0.1331 -0.1557)
OKLCH	oklch(50.96% 0.205 310.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.5263, 11.3166, 47.5479)
Luminance	0.1132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A33BA #63BA33

analogous

#4733BA #8A33BA #BA33A7

triadic

#8A33BA #BA8A33 #33BA8A

tetradic

#8A33BA #BA4733 #63BA33 #33A7BA

square

#8A33BA #BA4733 #63BA33 #33A7BA

split-complementary

#8A33BA #A7BA33 #33BA47

monochromatic

#43195A #66268A #8A33BA #A759D1 #C089DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.44

#8A33BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.26

#8A33BA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A33BA

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A33BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A33BA	1.00	6.44	3.26	6.44
#FFFFFF	6.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1960B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#835274

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a33ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 51, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.205 310.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b173d0',
    500: '#8a33ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a33ba;
$custom-light: #b173d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a33ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.667,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50955,
    "c": 0.20482,
    "h": 310.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A33BA

secondary

#9AC980

accent

#E0487E

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110814

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A33BA

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

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