#8A34BB#8A34BB

#8A34BB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.205 H 310.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A34BB
RGB	rgb(138, 52, 187)
HSL	hsl(278, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(278, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.2%, 72.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.32, 57.94, -55.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.32, 80.05, 316.37°)
OKLab	oklab(51.13% 0.132 -0.1564)
OKLCH	oklch(51.13% 0.205 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.6771, 11.4476, 48.1244)
Luminance	0.1145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A34BB #65BB34

analogous

#4734BB #8A34BB #BB34A9

triadic

#8A34BB #BB8A34 #34BB8A

tetradic

#8A34BB #BB4734 #65BB34 #34A9BB

square

#8A34BB #BB4734 #65BB34 #34A9BB

split-complementary

#8A34BB #A9BB34 #34BB47

monochromatic

#43195B #67278B #8A34BB #A65BD1 #C08BDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.38

#8A34BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#8A34BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A34BB

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A34BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A34BB	1.00	6.38	3.29	6.38
#FFFFFF	6.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1960B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#835274

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a34bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 52, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.205 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b173d0',
    500: '#8a34bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a34bb;
$custom-light: #b173d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a34bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.222,
    "s": 56.485,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5113,
    "c": 0.20463,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A34BB

secondary

#9CC982

accent

#E0487F

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A34BB

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

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