#8A3AB7#8A3AB7

#8A3AB7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.193 H 310.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3AB7
RGB	rgb(138, 58, 183)
HSL	hsl(278, 52%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(278, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 68.3%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.97, 54.47, -51.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.97, 75.19, 316.42°)
OKLab	oklab(51.51% 0.1262 -0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(51.51% 0.193 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.5399, 11.8487, 45.9956)
Luminance	0.1185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3AB7 #67B73A

analogous

#4C3AB7 #8A3AB7 #B73AA6

triadic

#8A3AB7 #B78A3A #3AB78A

tetradic

#8A3AB7 #B74C3A #67B73A #3AA6B7

square

#8A3AB7 #B74C3A #67B73A #3AA6B7

split-complementary

#8A3AB7 #A6B73A #3AB74C

monochromatic

#441D5A #672B89 #8A3AB7 #A661CD #C090DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.23

#8A3AB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#8A3AB7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3AB7

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3AB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3AB7	1.00	6.23	3.37	6.23
#FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2962B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#845474

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3ab7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 58, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.193 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b076cd',
    500: '#8a3ab7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3ab7;
$custom-light: #b076cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3ab7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.4,
    "s": 51.867,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51507,
    "c": 0.1933,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3AB7

secondary

#9DC786

accent

#DB4C80

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3AB7

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

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