#8A3BB7#8A3BB7

#8A3BB7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.192 H 310.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3BB7
RGB	rgb(138, 59, 183)
HSL	hsl(278, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(278, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 67.8%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.14, 54.01, -51.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.14, 74.68, 316.32°)
OKLab	oklab(51.62% 0.1251 -0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(51.62% 0.192 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.5908, 11.9506, 46.0126)
Luminance	0.1195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3BB7 #68B73B

analogous

#4C3BB7 #8A3BB7 #B73BA6

triadic

#8A3BB7 #B78A3B #3BB78A

tetradic

#8A3BB7 #B74C3B #68B73B #3BA6B7

square

#8A3BB7 #B74C3B #68B73B #3BA6B7

split-complementary

#8A3BB7 #A6B73B #3BB74C

monochromatic

#441D5A #672C89 #8A3BB7 #A663CD #C091DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.19

#8A3BB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#8A3BB7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3BB7

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3BB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3BB7	1.00	6.19	3.39	6.19
#FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A62B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#845574

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3bb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 59, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.192 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b077cd',
    500: '#8a3bb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3bb7;
$custom-light: #b077cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3bb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.226,
    "s": 51.24,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51624,
    "c": 0.192,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3BB7

secondary

#9EC687

accent

#DB4D80

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110913

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3BB7

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

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