#8A39B8#8A39B8

#8A39B8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.196 H 310.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A39B8
RGB	rgb(138, 57, 184)
HSL	hsl(278, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(278, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 69%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.88, 55.13, -52.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.88, 76.18, 316.36°)
OKLab	oklab(51.46% 0.1272 -0.1486)
OKLCH	oklch(51.46% 0.196 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.5944, 11.7907, 46.5290)
Luminance	0.1179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A39B8 #67B839

analogous

#4B39B8 #8A39B8 #B839A6

triadic

#8A39B8 #B88A39 #39B88A

tetradic

#8A39B8 #B84B39 #67B839 #39A6B8

square

#8A39B8 #B84B39 #67B839 #39A6B8

split-complementary

#8A39B8 #A6B839 #39B84B

monochromatic

#441C5B #672B89 #8A39B8 #A660CE #C08FDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.25

#8A39B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#8A39B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A39B8

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A39B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A39B8	1.00	6.25	3.36	6.25
#FFFFFF	6.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2662B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#845474

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a39b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 57, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.196 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b076ce',
    500: '#8a39b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a39b8;
$custom-light: #b076ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a39b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.268,
    "s": 52.697,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51462,
    "c": 0.19557,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A39B8

secondary

#9DC786

accent

#DC4C80

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A39B8

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

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