#8A3BD6#8A3BD6

#8A3BD6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.223 H 302.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3BD6
RGB	rgb(138, 59, 214)
HSL	hsl(271, 65%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(271, 72%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 72.4%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.34, 61.04, -66.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.34, 89.92, 312.76°)
OKLab	oklab(53.89% 0.1206 -0.1881)
OKLCH	oklch(53.89% 0.223 302.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.1799, 13.3862, 64.9152)
Luminance	0.1339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3BD6 #87D63B

analogous

#3C3BD6 #8A3BD6 #D63BD4

triadic

#8A3BD6 #D68A3B #3BD68A

tetradic

#8A3BD6 #D63C3B #87D63B #3BD4D6

square

#8A3BD6 #D63C3B #87D63B #3BD4D6

split-complementary

#8A3BD6 #D4D63B #3BD63C

monochromatic

#4C1A7D #6B25AF #8A3BD6 #A86EE1 #C6A0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.71

#8A3BD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#8A3BD6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3BD6

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3BD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3BD6	1.00	5.71	3.68	5.71
#FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0066D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A6185

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3bd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 59, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.223 302.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b278e4',
    500: '#8a3bd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3bd6;
$custom-light: #b278e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3bd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.581,
    "s": 65.401,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53886,
    "c": 0.22347,
    "h": 302.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3BD6

secondary

#B6D895

accent

#E83F92

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120916

muted

#817B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3BD6

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