#8A3AD5#8A3AD5

#8A3AD5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.224 H 303.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3AD5
RGB	rgb(138, 58, 213)
HSL	hsl(271, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(271, 73%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 72.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.11, 61.24, -65.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.11, 89.90, 312.94°)
OKLab	oklab(53.7% 0.1217 -0.1875)
OKLCH	oklch(53.7% 0.224 303)
XYZ	xyz(24.0017, 13.2335, 64.2277)
Luminance	0.1323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3AD5 #85D53A

analogous

#3C3AD5 #8A3AD5 #D53AD2

triadic

#8A3AD5 #D58A3A #3AD58A

tetradic

#8A3AD5 #D53C3A #85D53A #3AD2D5

square

#8A3AD5 #D53C3A #85D53A #3AD2D5

split-complementary

#8A3AD5 #D2D53A #3AD53C

monochromatic

#4C1A7A #6B25AD #8A3AD5 #A86CE0 #C69FEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.76

#8A3AD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#8A3AD5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3AD5

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3AD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3AD5	1.00	5.76	3.65	5.76
#FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0065D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B6085

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3ad5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 58, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.224 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b277e3',
    500: '#8a3ad5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3ad5;
$custom-light: #b277e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3ad5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.968,
    "s": 64.854,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53702,
    "c": 0.22356,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.13233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3AD5

secondary

#B4D794

accent

#E84091

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120916

muted

#817B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3AD5

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

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