#8A39B5#8A39B5

#8A39B5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.193 H 311.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A39B5
RGB	rgb(138, 57, 181)
HSL	hsl(279, 52%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(279, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.8%, 68.5%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.68, 54.48, -51.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.68, 74.71, 316.82°)
OKLab	oklab(51.25% 0.1275 -0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(51.25% 0.193 311.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.2833, 11.6662, 44.8904)
Luminance	0.1167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A39B5 #64B539

analogous

#4C39B5 #8A39B5 #B539A2

triadic

#8A39B5 #B58A39 #39B58A

tetradic

#8A39B5 #B54C39 #64B539 #39A2B5

square

#8A39B5 #B54C39 #64B539 #39A2B5

split-complementary

#8A39B5 #A2B539 #39B54C

monochromatic

#431C58 #672A86 #8A39B5 #A65FCD #C08DDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.30

#8A39B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.33

#8A39B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A39B5

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A39B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A39B5	1.00	6.30	3.33	6.30
#FFFFFF	6.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A61B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#855373

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a39b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 57, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.193 311.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b076cc',
    500: '#8a39b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a39b5;
$custom-light: #b076cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a39b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.194,
    "s": 52.101,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51254,
    "c": 0.19258,
    "h": 311.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A39B5

secondary

#9BC684

accent

#DC4C7E

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110913

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A39B5

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

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