#8A3BC6#8A3BC6

#8A3BC6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.207 H 306.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3BC6
RGB	rgb(138, 59, 198)
HSL	hsl(274, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(274, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.3%, 70.2%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.17, 57.37, -58.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.17, 82.06, 314.35°)
OKLab	oklab(52.69% 0.1233 -0.1666)
OKLCH	oklch(52.69% 0.207 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.2360, 12.6087, 54.6774)
Luminance	0.1261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3BC6 #77C63B

analogous

#443BC6 #8A3BC6 #C63BBC

triadic

#8A3BC6 #C68A3B #3BC68A

tetradic

#8A3BC6 #C6443B #77C63B #3BBCC6

square

#8A3BC6 #C6443B #77C63B #3BBCC6

split-complementary

#8A3BC6 #BCC63B #3BC644

monochromatic

#481E68 #692C98 #8A3BC6 #A66AD4 #C39AE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.96

#8A3BC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#8A3BC6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3BC6

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3BC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3BC6	1.00	5.96	3.52	5.96
#FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0764C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#805B7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3bc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 59, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.207 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b177d8',
    500: '#8a3bc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3bc6;
$custom-light: #b177d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3bc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.101,
    "s": 54.941,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52686,
    "c": 0.20723,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3BC6

secondary

#AACD8F

accent

#DE4A8A

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFA

border

#D0C9D3

text

#110915

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3BC6

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

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