#8A3ADD#8A3ADD

#8A3ADD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.232 H 301.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3ADD
RGB	rgb(138, 58, 221)
HSL	hsl(269, 71%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(269, 74%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 73.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.73, 63.10, -69.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.73, 93.79, 312.28°)
OKLab	oklab(54.33% 0.1201 -0.1981)
OKLCH	oklch(54.33% 0.232 301.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.0422, 13.6497, 69.7079)
Luminance	0.1365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3ADD #8DDD3A

analogous

#3A3BDD #8A3ADD #DC3ADD

triadic

#8A3ADD #DD8A3A #3ADD8A

tetradic

#8A3ADD #DD3A3B #8DDD3A #3ADDDC

square

#8A3ADD #DD3A3B #8DDD3A #3ADDDC

split-complementary

#8A3ADD #DDDC3A #3BDD3A

monochromatic

#4D1786 #6B20BA #8A3ADD #A96EE6 #C8A2EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.63

#8A3ADD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#8A3ADD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3ADD

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3ADD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3ADD	1.00	5.63	3.73	5.63
#FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0066DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#786489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3add;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 58, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.232 301.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b378e9',
    500: '#8a3add',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3add;
$custom-light: #b378e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3add",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.448,
    "s": 70.563,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54326,
    "c": 0.2316,
    "h": 301.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3ADD

secondary

#BADC97

accent

#ED3A96

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFD

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120916

muted

#817B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3ADD

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

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