#8A39BA#8A39BA

#8A39BA is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.198 H 310.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A39BA
RGB	rgb(138, 57, 186)
HSL	hsl(278, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(278, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 69.4%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.02, 55.57, -53.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.02, 77.16, 316.07°)
OKLab	oklab(51.6% 0.1269 -0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(51.6% 0.198 310)
XYZ	xyz(20.8056, 11.8751, 47.6410)
Luminance	0.1187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A39BA #69BA39

analogous

#4939BA #8A39BA #BA39AA

triadic

#8A39BA #BA8A39 #39BA8A

tetradic

#8A39BA #BA4939 #69BA39 #39AABA

square

#8A39BA #BA4939 #69BA39 #39AABA

split-complementary

#8A39BA #AABA39 #39BA49

monochromatic

#441C5C #672B8B #8A39BA #A661CF #C190DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.22

#8A39BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#8A39BA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A39BA

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A39BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A39BA	1.00	6.22	3.38	6.22
#FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2362B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#835575

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a39ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 57, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.198 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b076cf',
    500: '#8a39ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a39ba;
$custom-light: #b076cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a39ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.674,
    "s": 53.086,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51601,
    "c": 0.19758,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.11875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A39BA

secondary

#9FC887

accent

#DC4B81

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A39BA

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

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