#8A33E2#8A33E2

#8A33E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.243 H 300.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A33E2
RGB	rgb(138, 51, 226)
HSL	hsl(270, 75%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(270, 77%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 77.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.15, 67.03, -73.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.15, 99.24, 312.49°)
OKLab	oklab(54.05% 0.1246 -0.2091)
OKLCH	oklch(54.05% 0.243 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.3891, 13.2617, 73.1589)
Luminance	0.1326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A33E2 #8BE233

analogous

#3334E2 #8A33E2 #E233E2

triadic

#8A33E2 #E28A33 #33E28A

tetradic

#8A33E2 #E23334 #8BE233 #33E2E2

square

#8A33E2 #E23334 #8BE233 #33E2E2

split-complementary

#8A33E2 #E2E233 #34E233

monochromatic

#4D1387 #6B1BBD #8A33E2 #A969EA #C79EF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.75

#8A33E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#8A33E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A33E2

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A33E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A33E2	1.00	5.75	3.65	5.75
#FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0065DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#76628A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a33e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 51, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.243 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b475ec',
    500: '#8a33e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a33e2;
$custom-light: #b475ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a33e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.829,
    "s": 75.107,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54049,
    "c": 0.24342,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A33E2

secondary

#B9DE93

accent

#F23694

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EDFD

border

#D0C8D5

text

#120916

muted

#817B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A33E2

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

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