#8A3CB2#8A3CB2

#8A3CB2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.186 H 312.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3CB2
RGB	rgb(138, 60, 178)
HSL	hsl(280, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(280, 66%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 66.3%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.98, 52.46, -48.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.98, 71.70, 317.02°)
OKLab	oklab(51.4% 0.1243 -0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(51.4% 0.186 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.1315, 11.8499, 43.3376)
Luminance	0.1185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3CB2 #64B23C

analogous

#4F3CB2 #8A3CB2 #B23C9F

triadic

#8A3CB2 #B28A3C #3CB28A

tetradic

#8A3CB2 #B24F3C #64B23C #3C9FB2

square

#8A3CB2 #B24F3C #64B23C #3C9FB2

split-complementary

#8A3CB2 #9FB23C #3CB24F

monochromatic

#431D56 #672D84 #8A3CB2 #A661CA #C08FD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.23

#8A3CB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#8A3CB2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3CB2

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3CB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3CB2	1.00	6.23	3.37	6.23
#FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3162AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#855472

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3cb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 60, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.186 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b077ca',
    500: '#8a3cb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3cb2;
$custom-light: #b077ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3cb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.661,
    "s": 49.58,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51404,
    "c": 0.18558,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3CB2

secondary

#9BC486

accent

#D94F7E

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF8

border

#D0C8D1

text

#110913

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3CB2

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

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