#8A3CB6#8A3CB6

#8A3CB6 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.190 H 310.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3CB6
RGB	rgb(138, 60, 182)
HSL	hsl(278, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(278, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.2%, 67%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.24, 53.33, -50.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.24, 73.67, 316.38°)
OKLab	oklab(51.67% 0.124 -0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(51.67% 0.19 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.5390, 12.0129, 45.4836)
Luminance	0.1201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3CB6 #68B63C

analogous

#4D3CB6 #8A3CB6 #B63CA5

triadic

#8A3CB6 #B68A3C #3CB68A

tetradic

#8A3CB6 #B64D3C #68B63C #3CA5B6

square

#8A3CB6 #B64D3C #68B63C #3CA5B6

split-complementary

#8A3CB6 #A5B63C #3CB64D

monochromatic

#441E5A #672D88 #8A3CB6 #A663CC #C091DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.17

#8A3CB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#8A3CB6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3CB6

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3CB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3CB6	1.00	6.17	3.40	6.17
#FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005EBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C63B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#845574

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3cb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 60, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.190 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b077cd',
    500: '#8a3cb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3cb6;
$custom-light: #b077cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3cb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.361,
    "s": 50.413,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51674,
    "c": 0.18966,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3CB6

secondary

#9EC688

accent

#DA4E80

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110913

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3CB6

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

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