#8A3BDD#8A3BDD

#8A3BDD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.231 H 301.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3BDD
RGB	rgb(138, 59, 221)
HSL	hsl(269, 70%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(269, 73%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 73.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.87, 62.68, -69.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.87, 93.33, 312.19°)
OKLab	oklab(54.43% 0.1192 -0.1973)
OKLCH	oklch(54.43% 0.231 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.0932, 13.7515, 69.7249)
Luminance	0.1375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3BDD #8EDD3B

analogous

#3B3DDD #8A3BDD #DB3BDD

triadic

#8A3BDD #DD8A3B #3BDD8A

tetradic

#8A3BDD #DD3B3D #8EDD3B #3BDDDB

square

#8A3BDD #DD3B3D #8EDD3B #3BDDDB

split-complementary

#8A3BDD #DDDB3B #3DDD3B

monochromatic

#4D1786 #6B20BA #8A3BDD #A96FE6 #C8A3EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.60

#8A3BDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#8A3BDD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3BDD

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3BDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3BDD	1.00	5.60	3.75	5.60
#FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0067DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#786489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3bdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 59, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.231 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b378e9',
    500: '#8a3bdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3bdd;
$custom-light: #b378e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3bdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.259,
    "s": 70.435,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54431,
    "c": 0.23054,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3BDD

secondary

#BBDC98

accent

#ED3B96

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFD

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120916

muted

#817B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3BDD

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

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