#8A39BB#8A39BB

#8A39BB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.199 H 309.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A39BB
RGB	rgb(138, 57, 187)
HSL	hsl(277, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(277, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.2%, 69.5%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.09, 55.79, -54.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.09, 77.65, 315.93°)
OKLab	oklab(51.67% 0.1268 -0.1528)
OKLCH	oklch(51.67% 0.199 309.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.9122, 11.9178, 48.2028)
Luminance	0.1192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A39BB #6ABB39

analogous

#4939BB #8A39BB #BB39AB

triadic

#8A39BB #BB8A39 #39BB8A

tetradic

#8A39BB #BB4939 #6ABB39 #39ABBB

square

#8A39BB #BB4939 #6ABB39 #39ABBB

split-complementary

#8A39BB #ABBB39 #39BB49

monochromatic

#451C5D #672B8C #8A39BB #A662CF #C191DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.21

#8A39BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#8A39BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A39BB

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A39BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A39BB	1.00	6.21	3.38	6.21
#FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2162B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#835576

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a39bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 57, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.199 309.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b076d0',
    500: '#8a39bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a39bb;
$custom-light: #b076d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a39bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.385,
    "s": 53.279,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51672,
    "c": 0.19859,
    "h": 309.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A39BB

secondary

#A0C887

accent

#DD4B82

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A39BB

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

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