#8A3BD4#8A3BD4

#8A3BD4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.221 H 303.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3BD4
RGB	rgb(138, 59, 212)
HSL	hsl(271, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(271, 72%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 72.2%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.19, 60.58, -65.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.19, 88.94, 312.93°)
OKLab	oklab(53.73% 0.121 -0.1855)
OKLCH	oklch(53.73% 0.221 303.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.9261, 13.2847, 63.5783)
Luminance	0.1328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3BD4 #85D43B

analogous

#3D3BD4 #8A3BD4 #D43BD2

triadic

#8A3BD4 #D48A3B #3BD48A

tetradic

#8A3BD4 #D43D3B #85D43B #3BD2D4

square

#8A3BD4 #D43D3B #85D43B #3BD2D4

split-complementary

#8A3BD4 #D2D43B #3BD43D

monochromatic

#4C1B7A #6B26AC #8A3BD4 #A86DDF #C69FEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.74

#8A3BD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#8A3BD4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3BD4

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3BD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3BD4	1.00	5.74	3.66	5.74
#FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0066D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B6084

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3bd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 59, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.221 303.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b278e2',
    500: '#8a3bd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3bd4;
$custom-light: #b278e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3bd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.98,
    "s": 64.017,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53732,
    "c": 0.22144,
    "h": 303.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3BD4

secondary

#B4D694

accent

#E74191

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120915

muted

#817B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3BD4

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

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