#8A3BC8#8A3BC8

#8A3BC8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.209 H 306.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3BC8
RGB	rgb(138, 59, 200)
HSL	hsl(274, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(274, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 70.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.31, 57.82, -59.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.31, 83.05, 314.13°)
OKLab	oklab(52.83% 0.123 -0.1693)
OKLCH	oklch(52.83% 0.209 306)
XYZ	xyz(22.4682, 12.7015, 55.9004)
Luminance	0.1270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3BC8 #79C83B

analogous

#433BC8 #8A3BC8 #C83BBF

triadic

#8A3BC8 #C88A3B #3BC88A

tetradic

#8A3BC8 #C8433B #79C83B #3BBFC8

square

#8A3BC8 #C8433B #79C83B #3BBFC8

split-complementary

#8A3BC8 #BFC83B #3BC843

monochromatic

#491E6B #6A2B9A #8A3BC8 #A76BD5 #C39BE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.93

#8A3BC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#8A3BC8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3BC8

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3BC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3BC8	1.00	5.93	3.54	5.93
#FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0064C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F5C7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3bc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 59, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.209 306.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b177da',
    500: '#8a3bc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3bc8;
$custom-light: #b177da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3bc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.617,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52832,
    "c": 0.20926,
    "h": 306
  },
  "luminance": 0.12701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3BC8

secondary

#ACCF90

accent

#DF488B

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110915

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3BC8

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

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