#8A33C6#8A33C6

#8A33C6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.216 H 307.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A33C6
RGB	rgb(138, 51, 198)
HSL	hsl(276, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(276, 74%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.3%, 74.2%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.97, 60.75, -60.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.97, 85.81, 315.06°)
OKLab	oklab(51.84% 0.1311 -0.1722)
OKLCH	oklch(51.84% 0.216 307.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.8559, 11.8484, 54.5507)
Luminance	0.1185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A33C6 #6FC633

analogous

#4133C6 #8A33C6 #C633B9

triadic

#8A33C6 #C68A33 #33C68A

tetradic

#8A33C6 #C64133 #6FC633 #33B9C6

square

#8A33C6 #C64133 #6FC633 #33B9C6

split-complementary

#8A33C6 #B9C633 #33C641

monochromatic

#461A65 #682695 #8A33C6 #A660D6 #C191E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.23

#8A33C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#8A33C6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A33C6

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A33C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A33C6	1.00	6.23	3.37	6.23
#FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005ECA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0061C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80577A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a33c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 51, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.216 307.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b173d8',
    500: '#8a33c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a33c6;
$custom-light: #b173d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a33c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.51,
    "s": 59.036,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5184,
    "c": 0.2164,
    "h": 307.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A33C6

secondary

#A4CD87

accent

#E24686

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#110915

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A33C6

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

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