#8A3AB9#8A3AB9

#8A3AB9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.195 H 310.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3AB9
RGB	rgb(138, 58, 185)
HSL	hsl(278, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(278, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 68.6%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.11, 54.91, -52.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.11, 76.17, 316.12°)
OKLab	oklab(51.65% 0.126 -0.1493)
OKLCH	oklch(51.65% 0.195 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.7495, 11.9326, 47.0997)
Luminance	0.1193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3AB9 #69B93A

analogous

#4A3AB9 #8A3AB9 #B93AA9

triadic

#8A3AB9 #B98A3A #3AB98A

tetradic

#8A3AB9 #B94A3A #69B93A #3AA9B9

square

#8A3AB9 #B94A3A #69B93A #3AA9B9

split-complementary

#8A3AB9 #A9B93A #3AB94A

monochromatic

#441D5C #672B8A #8A3AB9 #A662CE #C191DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.20

#8A3AB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#8A3AB9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3AB9

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3AB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3AB9	1.00	6.20	3.39	6.20
#FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2662B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#845575

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3ab9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 58, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.195 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b076cf',
    500: '#8a3ab9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3ab9;
$custom-light: #b076cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3ab9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.795,
    "s": 52.263,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51646,
    "c": 0.19531,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3AB9

secondary

#9FC787

accent

#DC4C81

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3AB9

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

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