#8A3BC9#8A3BC9

#8A3BC9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.210 H 305.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3BC9
RGB	rgb(138, 59, 201)
HSL	hsl(273, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(273, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.3%, 70.6%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.38, 58.05, -60.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.38, 83.54, 314.02°)
OKLab	oklab(52.91% 0.1229 -0.1707)
OKLCH	oklch(52.91% 0.21 305.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.5855, 12.7484, 56.5179)
Luminance	0.1275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3BC9 #7AC93B

analogous

#433BC9 #8A3BC9 #C93BC1

triadic

#8A3BC9 #C98A3B #3BC98A

tetradic

#8A3BC9 #C9433B #7AC93B #3BC1C9

square

#8A3BC9 #C9433B #7AC93B #3BC1C9

split-complementary

#8A3BC9 #C1C93B #3BC943

monochromatic

#491E6C #6A2B9C #8A3BC9 #A76BD6 #C39BE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.92

#8A3BC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55

#8A3BC9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3BC9

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3BC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3BC9	1.00	5.92	3.55	5.92
#FFFFFF	5.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0064C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F5C7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3bc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 59, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.210 305.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b177da',
    500: '#8a3bc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3bc9;
$custom-light: #b177da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3bc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.38,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52906,
    "c": 0.21028,
    "h": 305.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3BC9

secondary

#ACCF90

accent

#E0488B

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110915

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3BC9

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

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