#8A39B7#8A39B7

#8A39B7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.195 H 310.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A39B7
RGB	rgb(138, 57, 183)
HSL	hsl(279, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(279, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 68.9%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.81, 54.92, -52.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.81, 75.69, 316.51°)
OKLab	oklab(51.39% 0.1273 -0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(51.39% 0.195 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.4900, 11.7489, 45.9789)
Luminance	0.1175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A39B7 #66B739

analogous

#4B39B7 #8A39B7 #B739A5

triadic

#8A39B7 #B78A39 #39B78A

tetradic

#8A39B7 #B74B39 #66B739 #39A5B7

square

#8A39B7 #B74B39 #66B739 #39A5B7

split-complementary

#8A39B7 #A5B739 #39B74B

monochromatic

#441C5A #672A88 #8A39B7 #A660CD #C08EDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.27

#8A39B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#8A39B7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A39B7

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A39B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A39B7	1.00	6.27	3.35	6.27
#FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2762B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#845474

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a39b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 57, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.195 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b076cd',
    500: '#8a39b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a39b7;
$custom-light: #b076cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a39b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.571,
    "s": 52.5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51392,
    "c": 0.19458,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A39B7

secondary

#9DC785

accent

#DC4C7F

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A39B7

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

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