#8A39C9#8A39C9

#8A39C9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.213 H 306.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A39C9
RGB	rgb(138, 57, 201)
HSL	hsl(274, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(274, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.3%, 71.6%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.07, 58.92, -60.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.07, 84.51, 314.21°)
OKLab	oklab(52.69% 0.1248 -0.1721)
OKLCH	oklch(52.69% 0.213 306)
XYZ	xyz(22.4847, 12.5468, 56.4843)
Luminance	0.1255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A39C9 #78C939

analogous

#4239C9 #8A39C9 #C939C0

triadic

#8A39C9 #C98A39 #39C98A

tetradic

#8A39C9 #C94239 #78C939 #39C0C9

square

#8A39C9 #C94239 #78C939 #39C0C9

split-complementary

#8A39C9 #C0C939 #39C942

monochromatic

#491D6B #692A9B #8A39C9 #A669D6 #C399E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.98

#8A39C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#8A39C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A39C9

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A39C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A39C9	1.00	5.98	3.51	5.98
#FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0064C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F5B7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a39c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 57, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.213 306.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b176da',
    500: '#8a39c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a39c9;
$custom-light: #b176da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a39c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.75,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52686,
    "c": 0.21262,
    "h": 306
  },
  "luminance": 0.12547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A39C9

secondary

#ABCF8F

accent

#E0478A

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFB

border

#D0C8D4

text

#110915

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A39C9

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

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