#8A3AD9#8A3AD9

#8A3AD9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.228 H 302.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3AD9
RGB	rgb(138, 58, 217)
HSL	hsl(270, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(270, 73%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 73.3%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.42, 62.17, -67.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.42, 91.85, 312.60°)
OKLab	oklab(54.01% 0.1209 -0.1928)
OKLCH	oklch(54.01% 0.228 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.5157, 13.4391, 66.9346)
Luminance	0.1344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3AD9 #89D93A

analogous

#3B3AD9 #8A3AD9 #D93AD9

triadic

#8A3AD9 #D98A3A #3AD98A

tetradic

#8A3AD9 #D93B3A #89D93A #3AD9D9

square

#8A3AD9 #D93B3A #89D93A #3AD9D9

split-complementary

#8A3AD9 #D9D93A #3AD93B

monochromatic

#4D1980 #6B23B3 #8A3AD9 #A86DE3 #C7A1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.69

#8A3AD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#8A3AD9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3AD9

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3AD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3AD9	1.00	5.69	3.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0066D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#796287

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3ad9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 58, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.228 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b378e6',
    500: '#8a3ad9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3ad9;
$custom-light: #b378e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3ad9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.189,
    "s": 67.66,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54012,
    "c": 0.22758,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3AD9

secondary

#B7D995

accent

#EB3D93

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120916

muted

#817B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3AD9

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

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