#8A3BCE#8A3BCE

#8A3BCE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.215 H 304.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3BCE
RGB	rgb(138, 59, 206)
HSL	hsl(272, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(272, 71%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 71.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.74, 59.19, -62.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.74, 86.00, 313.50°)
OKLab	oklab(53.28% 0.122 -0.1774)
OKLCH	oklch(53.28% 0.215 304.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.1832, 12.9875, 59.6661)
Luminance	0.1299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3BCE #7FCE3B

analogous

#413BCE #8A3BCE #CE3BC8

triadic

#8A3BCE #CE8A3B #3BCE8A

tetradic

#8A3BCE #CE413B #7FCE3B #3BC8CE

square

#8A3BCE #CE413B #7FCE3B #3BC8CE

split-complementary

#8A3BCE #C8CE3B #3BCE41

monochromatic

#4B1D72 #6A29A3 #8A3BCE #A76CDA #C49DE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.84

#8A3BCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#8A3BCE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3BCE

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3BCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3BCE	1.00	5.84	3.60	5.84
#FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0065CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D5E81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3bce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 59, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.215 304.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b278de',
    500: '#8a3bce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3bce;
$custom-light: #b278de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3bce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.245,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53278,
    "c": 0.21536,
    "h": 304.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3BCE

secondary

#B0D392

accent

#E3458E

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110915

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3BCE

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

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