#8A3BDB#8A3BDB

#8A3BDB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.229 H 301.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3BDB
RGB	rgb(138, 59, 219)
HSL	hsl(270, 69%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(270, 73%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(37%, 73.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.72, 62.21, -68.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.72, 92.36, 312.34°)
OKLab	oklab(54.27% 0.1196 -0.1947)
OKLCH	oklch(54.27% 0.229 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.8283, 13.6455, 68.3299)
Luminance	0.1365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3BDB #8CDB3B

analogous

#3B3CDB #8A3BDB #DA3BDB

triadic

#8A3BDB #DB8A3B #3BDB8A

tetradic

#8A3BDB #DB3B3C #8CDB3B #3BDBDA

square

#8A3BDB #DB3B3C #8CDB3B #3BDBDA

split-complementary

#8A3BDB #DBDA3B #3CDB3B

monochromatic

#4D1883 #6B22B7 #8A3BDB #A96FE4 #C8A2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.63

#8A3BDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#8A3BDB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3BDB

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3BDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3BDB	1.00	5.63	3.73	5.63
#FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0066D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#786388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3bdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 59, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.229 301.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b378e7',
    500: '#8a3bdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3bdb;
$custom-light: #b378e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3bdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.625,
    "s": 68.966,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54274,
    "c": 0.22852,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3BDB

secondary

#B9DB97

accent

#EC3C95

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFD

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120916

muted

#817B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3BDB

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

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