#8A3AD7#8A3AD7

#8A3AD7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.226 H 302.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3AD7
RGB	rgb(138, 58, 215)
HSL	hsl(271, 66%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(271, 73%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.8%, 73%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.26, 61.70, -66.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.26, 90.87, 312.76°)
OKLab	oklab(53.86% 0.1213 -0.1902)
OKLCH	oklch(53.86% 0.226 302.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.2571, 13.3356, 65.5729)
Luminance	0.1334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3AD7 #87D73A

analogous

#3B3AD7 #8A3AD7 #D73AD6

triadic

#8A3AD7 #D78A3A #3AD78A

tetradic

#8A3AD7 #D73B3A #87D73A #3AD6D7

square

#8A3AD7 #D73B3A #87D73A #3AD6D7

split-complementary

#8A3AD7 #D6D73A #3AD73B

monochromatic

#4C197D #6B24B0 #8A3AD7 #A86DE1 #C6A0EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.73

#8A3AD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#8A3AD7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3AD7

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3AD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3AD7	1.00	5.73	3.67	5.73
#FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0066D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A6186

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3ad7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 58, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.226 302.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b278e4',
    500: '#8a3ad7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3ad7;
$custom-light: #b278e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3ad7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.573,
    "s": 66.245,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53857,
    "c": 0.22557,
    "h": 302.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3AD7

secondary

#B6D895

accent

#E93F92

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120916

muted

#817B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3AD7

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

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