#8A3BB5#8A3BB5

#8A3BB5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.190 H 311.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3BB5
RGB	rgb(138, 59, 181)
HSL	hsl(279, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(279, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.8%, 67.4%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.01, 53.57, -50.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.01, 73.70, 316.63°)
OKLab	oklab(51.49% 0.1252 -0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(51.49% 0.19 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.3841, 11.8679, 44.9240)
Luminance	0.1187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3BB5 #66B53B

analogous

#4D3BB5 #8A3BB5 #B53BA3

triadic

#8A3BB5 #B58A3B #3BB58A

tetradic

#8A3BB5 #B54D3B #66B53B #3BA3B5

square

#8A3BB5 #B54D3B #66B53B #3BA3B5

split-complementary

#8A3BB5 #A3B53B #3BB54D

monochromatic

#441D59 #672C87 #8A3BB5 #A662CC #C090DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.23

#8A3BB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#8A3BB5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3BB5

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3BB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3BB5	1.00	6.23	3.37	6.23
#FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C62B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#855473

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3bb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 59, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.190 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b077cc',
    500: '#8a3bb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3bb5;
$custom-light: #b077cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3bb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.852,
    "s": 50.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51487,
    "c": 0.18996,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3BB5

secondary

#9DC686

accent

#DA4D7F

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110913

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3BB5

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

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