#8A3BD3#8A3BD3

#8A3BD3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.220 H 303.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3BD3
RGB	rgb(138, 59, 211)
HSL	hsl(271, 63%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(271, 72%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.6%, 72%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.11, 60.35, -64.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.11, 88.45, 313.02°)
OKLab	oklab(53.66% 0.1212 -0.1841)
OKLCH	oklch(53.66% 0.22 303.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.8003, 13.2344, 62.9160)
Luminance	0.1323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3BD3 #84D33B

analogous

#3E3BD3 #8A3BD3 #D33BD0

triadic

#8A3BD3 #D38A3B #3BD38A

tetradic

#8A3BD3 #D33E3B #84D33B #3BD0D3

square

#8A3BD3 #D33E3B #84D33B #3BD0D3

split-complementary

#8A3BD3 #D0D33B #3BD33E

monochromatic

#4C1B79 #6B26AB #8A3BD3 #A86DDE #C69FE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.76

#8A3BD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#8A3BD3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3BD3

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3BD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3BD3	1.00	5.76	3.65	5.76
#FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0065D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B6084

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3bd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 59, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.220 303.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b278e1',
    500: '#8a3bd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3bd3;
$custom-light: #b278e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3bd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.184,
    "s": 63.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53656,
    "c": 0.22043,
    "h": 303.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3BD3

secondary

#B4D694

accent

#E64191

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#120915

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3BD3

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

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