#8A34C9#8A34C9

#8A34C9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.218 H 306.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A34C9
RGB	rgb(138, 52, 201)
HSL	hsl(275, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(275, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.3%, 74.1%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.34, 61.01, -61.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.34, 86.82, 314.64°)
OKLab	oklab(52.17% 0.1296 -0.1756)
OKLCH	oklch(52.17% 0.218 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.2495, 12.0765, 56.4059)
Luminance	0.1208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A34C9 #73C934

analogous

#4034C9 #8A34C9 #C934BD

triadic

#8A34C9 #C98A34 #34C98A

tetradic

#8A34C9 #C94034 #73C934 #34BDC9

square

#8A34C9 #C94034 #73C934 #34BDC9

split-complementary

#8A34C9 #BDC934 #34C940

monochromatic

#471B68 #692798 #8A34C9 #A663D7 #C294E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.15

#8A34C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#8A34C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A34C9

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A34C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A34C9	1.00	6.15	3.42	6.15
#FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0062C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F587C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a34c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 52, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.218 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b274da',
    500: '#8a34c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a34c9;
$custom-light: #b274da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a34c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.631,
    "s": 58.893,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52166,
    "c": 0.21822,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A34C9

secondary

#A7CE8A

accent

#E24688

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFB

border

#D0C8D4

text

#110915

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A34C9

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

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