#8A3AB4#8A3AB4

#8A3AB4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.190 H 311.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3AB4
RGB	rgb(138, 58, 180)
HSL	hsl(279, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(279, 68%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 67.8%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.78, 53.81, -50.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.78, 73.72, 316.88°)
OKLab	oklab(51.3% 0.1264 -0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(51.3% 0.19 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.2310, 11.7252, 44.3686)
Luminance	0.1172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3AB4 #64B43A

analogous

#4D3AB4 #8A3AB4 #B43AA1

triadic

#8A3AB4 #B48A3A #3AB48A

tetradic

#8A3AB4 #B44D3A #64B43A #3AA1B4

square

#8A3AB4 #B44D3A #64B43A #3AA1B4

split-complementary

#8A3AB4 #A1B43A #3AB44D

monochromatic

#431C57 #672B86 #8A3AB4 #A660CC #C08EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.28

#8A3AB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#8A3AB4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3AB4

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3AB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3AB4	1.00	6.28	3.35	6.28
#FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D62B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#855372

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3ab4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 58, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.190 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b076cb',
    500: '#8a3ab4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3ab4;
$custom-light: #b076cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3ab4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.344,
    "s": 51.261,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51301,
    "c": 0.19027,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3AB4

secondary

#9BC585

accent

#DB4D7E

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110913

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3AB4

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

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