#8A3CB8#8A3CB8

#8A3CB8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.192 H 310.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3CB8
RGB	rgb(138, 60, 184)
HSL	hsl(278, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(278, 67%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 67.4%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.37, 53.78, -51.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.37, 74.66, 316.08°)
OKLab	oklab(51.81% 0.1239 -0.1463)
OKLCH	oklch(51.81% 0.192 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.7472, 12.0961, 46.5800)
Luminance	0.1210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3CB8 #6AB83C

analogous

#4C3CB8 #8A3CB8 #B83CA8

triadic

#8A3CB8 #B88A3C #3CB88A

tetradic

#8A3CB8 #B84C3C #6AB83C #3CA8B8

square

#8A3CB8 #B84C3C #6AB83C #3CA8B8

split-complementary

#8A3CB8 #A8B83C #3CB84C

monochromatic

#451E5C #672D8A #8A3CB8 #A665CD #C193DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.14

#8A3CB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#8A3CB8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3CB8

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3CB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3CB8	1.00	6.14	3.42	6.14
#FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005EBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A63B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#845675

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3cb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 60, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.192 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b077ce',
    500: '#8a3cb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3cb8;
$custom-light: #b077ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3cb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.742,
    "s": 50.82,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5181,
    "c": 0.19171,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3CB8

secondary

#A0C789

accent

#DA4D82

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3CB8

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

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