#8A39B9#8A39B9

#8A39B9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.197 H 310.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A39B9
RGB	rgb(138, 57, 185)
HSL	hsl(278, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(278, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 69.2%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.95, 55.35, -53.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.95, 76.67, 316.22°)
OKLab	oklab(51.53% 0.1271 -0.15)
OKLCH	oklch(51.53% 0.197 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.6996, 11.8328, 47.0830)
Luminance	0.1183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A39B9 #68B939

analogous

#4A39B9 #8A39B9 #B939A8

triadic

#8A39B9 #B98A39 #39B98A

tetradic

#8A39B9 #B94A39 #68B939 #39A8B9

square

#8A39B9 #B94A39 #68B939 #39A8B9

split-complementary

#8A39B9 #A8B939 #39B94A

monochromatic

#441C5B #672B8A #8A39B9 #A661CE #C090DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.24

#8A39B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#8A39B9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A39B9

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A39B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A39B9	1.00	6.24	3.37	6.24
#FFFFFF	6.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2462B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#845575

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a39b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 57, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.197 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b076cf',
    500: '#8a39b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a39b9;
$custom-light: #b076cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a39b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.969,
    "s": 52.893,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51531,
    "c": 0.19658,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A39B9

secondary

#9EC886

accent

#DC4B81

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A39B9

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

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