#8A39B4#8A39B4

#8A39B4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.192 H 311.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A39B4
RGB	rgb(138, 57, 180)
HSL	hsl(280, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(280, 68%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 68.3%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.61, 54.26, -50.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.61, 74.23, 316.97°)
OKLab	oklab(51.19% 0.1275 -0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(51.19% 0.192 311.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.1811, 11.6253, 44.3520)
Luminance	0.1163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A39B4 #63B439

analogous

#4D39B4 #8A39B4 #B439A1

triadic

#8A39B4 #B48A39 #39B48A

tetradic

#8A39B4 #B44D39 #63B439 #39A1B4

square

#8A39B4 #B44D39 #63B439 #39A1B4

split-complementary

#8A39B4 #A1B439 #39B44D

monochromatic

#431C57 #662A86 #8A39B4 #A75ECC #C08DDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.32

#8A39B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.33

#8A39B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A39B4

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A39B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A39B4	1.00	6.32	3.33	6.32
#FFFFFF	6.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B61B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#855372

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a39b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 57, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.192 311.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b076cb',
    500: '#8a39b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a39b4;
$custom-light: #b076cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a39b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.512,
    "s": 51.899,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51185,
    "c": 0.19158,
    "h": 311.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A39B4

secondary

#9AC583

accent

#DB4C7D

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110913

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A39B4

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

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