#8A3BB8#8A3BB8

#8A3BB8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.193 H 310.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3BB8
RGB	rgb(138, 59, 184)
HSL	hsl(278, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(278, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 67.9%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.20, 54.23, -52.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.20, 75.17, 316.18°)
OKLab	oklab(51.69% 0.125 -0.1471)
OKLCH	oklch(51.69% 0.193 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.6953, 11.9923, 46.5627)
Luminance	0.1199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3BB8 #69B83B

analogous

#4C3BB8 #8A3BB8 #B83BA7

triadic

#8A3BB8 #B88A3B #3BB88A

tetradic

#8A3BB8 #B84C3B #69B83B #3BA7B8

square

#8A3BB8 #B84C3B #69B83B #3BA7B8

split-complementary

#8A3BB8 #A7B83B #3BB84C

monochromatic

#441D5B #672C8A #8A3BB8 #A663CD #C192DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.18

#8A3BB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#8A3BB8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3BB8

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3BB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3BB8	1.00	6.18	3.40	6.18
#FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005EBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2962B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#845575

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3bb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 59, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.193 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b077ce',
    500: '#8a3bb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3bb8;
$custom-light: #b077ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3bb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.92,
    "s": 51.44,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51692,
    "c": 0.19301,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3BB8

secondary

#9FC788

accent

#DB4D81

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3BB8

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

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