#8A33BE#8A33BE

#8A33BE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.209 H 309.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A33BE
RGB	rgb(138, 51, 190)
HSL	hsl(278, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(278, 73%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 73.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.39, 59.00, -56.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.39, 81.96, 316.04°)
OKLab	oklab(51.25% 0.1325 -0.1612)
OKLCH	oklch(51.25% 0.209 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.9575, 11.4890, 49.8188)
Luminance	0.1149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A33BE #67BE33

analogous

#4533BE #8A33BE #BE33AC

triadic

#8A33BE #BE8A33 #33BE8A

tetradic

#8A33BE #BE4533 #67BE33 #33ACBE

square

#8A33BE #BE4533 #67BE33 #33ACBE

split-complementary

#8A33BE #ACBE33 #33BE45

monochromatic

#44195E #67268E #8A33BE #A65BD3 #C08BE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.37

#8A33BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#8A33BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A33BE

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A33BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A33BE	1.00	6.37	3.30	6.37
#FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E60BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#825376

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a33be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 51, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.209 309.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b173d2',
    500: '#8a33be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a33be;
$custom-light: #b173d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a33be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.554,
    "s": 57.676,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51245,
    "c": 0.20868,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A33BE

secondary

#9DCA83

accent

#E14781

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#110914

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A33BE

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

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