#8A3BB9#8A3BB9

#8A3BB9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.194 H 310.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3BB9
RGB	rgb(138, 59, 185)
HSL	hsl(278, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(278, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 68.1%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.27, 54.45, -52.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.27, 75.66, 316.03°)
OKLab	oklab(51.76% 0.1249 -0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(51.76% 0.194 310.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.8005, 12.0344, 47.1167)
Luminance	0.1203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3BB9 #6AB93B

analogous

#4B3BB9 #8A3BB9 #B93BA9

triadic

#8A3BB9 #B98A3B #3BB98A

tetradic

#8A3BB9 #B94B3B #6AB93B #3BA9B9

square

#8A3BB9 #B94B3B #6AB93B #3BA9B9

split-complementary

#8A3BB9 #A9B93B #3BB94B

monochromatic

#451D5C #672C8B #8A3BB9 #A664CD #C192DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.16

#8A3BB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#8A3BB9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3BB9

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3BB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3BB9	1.00	6.16	3.41	6.16
#FFFFFF	6.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005EBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2763B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#845675

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3bb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 59, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.194 310.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b077cf',
    500: '#8a3bb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3bb9;
$custom-light: #b077cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3bb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.619,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51762,
    "c": 0.19402,
    "h": 310.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3BB9

secondary

#A0C788

accent

#DB4D82

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3BB9

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

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