#8A3BB4#8A3BB4

#8A3BB4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.189 H 311.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3BB4
RGB	rgb(138, 59, 180)
HSL	hsl(279, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(279, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 67.2%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.94, 53.36, -50.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.94, 73.21, 316.79°)
OKLab	oklab(51.42% 0.1253 -0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(51.42% 0.189 311.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.2819, 11.8270, 44.3856)
Luminance	0.1183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3BB4 #65B43B

analogous

#4E3BB4 #8A3BB4 #B43BA2

triadic

#8A3BB4 #B48A3B #3BB48A

tetradic

#8A3BB4 #B44E3B #65B43B #3BA2B4

square

#8A3BB4 #B44E3B #65B43B #3BA2B4

split-complementary

#8A3BB4 #A2B43B #3BB44E

monochromatic

#431D58 #672C86 #8A3BB4 #A661CB #C08FDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.24

#8A3BB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#8A3BB4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3BB4

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3BB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3BB4	1.00	6.24	3.37	6.24
#FFFFFF	6.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E62B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#855473

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3bb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 59, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.189 311.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b077cb',
    500: '#8a3bb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3bb4;
$custom-light: #b077cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3bb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.174,
    "s": 50.628,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51419,
    "c": 0.18895,
    "h": 311.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3BB4

secondary

#9CC586

accent

#DA4E7E

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110913

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3BB4

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

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