#8A3BC3#8A3BC3

#8A3BC3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.204 H 307.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3BC3
RGB	rgb(138, 59, 195)
HSL	hsl(275, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(275, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.2%, 69.7%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.96, 56.69, -57.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.96, 80.59, 314.70°)
OKLab	oklab(52.47% 0.1237 -0.1624)
OKLCH	oklch(52.47% 0.204 307.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.8934, 12.4716, 52.8731)
Luminance	0.1247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3BC3 #74C33B

analogous

#463BC3 #8A3BC3 #C33BB8

triadic

#8A3BC3 #C38A3B #3BC38A

tetradic

#8A3BC3 #C3463B #74C33B #3BB8C3

square

#8A3BC3 #C3463B #74C33B #3BB8C3

split-complementary

#8A3BC3 #B8C33B #3BC346

monochromatic

#471F65 #692D94 #8A3BC3 #A669D2 #C298E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.01

#8A3BC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.49

#8A3BC3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3BC3

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3BC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3BC3	1.00	6.01	3.49	6.01
#FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1364C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#815A7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3bc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 59, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.204 307.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b177d6',
    500: '#8a3bc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3bc3;
$custom-light: #b177d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3bc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.853,
    "s": 53.543,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52469,
    "c": 0.20419,
    "h": 307.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3BC3

secondary

#A8CC8E

accent

#DD4B88

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFA

border

#D0C9D3

text

#110914

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3BC3

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

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