#8A34B6#8A34B6

#8A34B6 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.200 H 311.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A34B6
RGB	rgb(138, 52, 182)
HSL	hsl(280, 56%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(280, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.2%, 71.4%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.98, 56.86, -52.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.98, 77.63, 317.09°)
OKLab	oklab(50.77% 0.1326 -0.1494)
OKLCH	oklch(50.77% 0.2 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.1511, 11.2372, 45.3544)
Luminance	0.1124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A34B6 #60B634

analogous

#4934B6 #8A34B6 #B634A1

triadic

#8A34B6 #B68A34 #34B68A

tetradic

#8A34B6 #B64934 #60B634 #34A1B6

square

#8A34B6 #B64934 #60B634 #34A1B6

split-complementary

#8A34B6 #A1B634 #34B649

monochromatic

#421957 #662686 #8A34B6 #A758CF #C088DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.47

#8A34B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.25

#8A34B6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A34B6

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A34B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A34B6	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)

#005ABA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2260B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#855072

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a34b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 52, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.200 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b073cd',
    500: '#8a34b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a34b6;
$custom-light: #b073cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a34b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.692,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50773,
    "c": 0.19978,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A34B6

secondary

#97C77F

accent

#DF497C

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110913

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A34B6

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

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