#8A3BB6#8A3BB6

#8A3BB6 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.191 H 310.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3BB6
RGB	rgb(138, 59, 182)
HSL	hsl(279, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(279, 68%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.2%, 67.6%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.07, 53.79, -51.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.07, 74.19, 316.48°)
OKLab	oklab(51.55% 0.1252 -0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(51.55% 0.191 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.4871, 11.9091, 45.4663)
Luminance	0.1191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3BB6 #67B63B

analogous

#4D3BB6 #8A3BB6 #B63BA4

triadic

#8A3BB6 #B68A3B #3BB68A

tetradic

#8A3BB6 #B64D3B #67B63B #3BA4B6

square

#8A3BB6 #B64D3B #67B63B #3BA4B6

split-complementary

#8A3BB6 #A4B63B #3BB64D

monochromatic

#441D5A #672C88 #8A3BB6 #A662CC #C090DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.21

#8A3BB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#8A3BB6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3BB6

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3BB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3BB6	1.00	6.21	3.38	6.21
#FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B62B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#845574

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3bb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 59, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.191 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b077cd',
    500: '#8a3bb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3bb6;
$custom-light: #b077cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3bb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.537,
    "s": 51.037,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51555,
    "c": 0.19098,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3BB6

secondary

#9DC687

accent

#DB4D80

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110913

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3BB6

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

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