#8A3CB9#8A3CB9

#8A3CB9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.193 H 310.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3CB9
RGB	rgb(138, 60, 185)
HSL	hsl(277, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(277, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 67.6%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.43, 54.00, -52.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.43, 75.15, 315.93°)
OKLab	oklab(51.88% 0.1238 -0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(51.88% 0.193 310)
XYZ	xyz(20.8523, 12.1382, 47.1340)
Luminance	0.1214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3CB9 #6BB93C

analogous

#4C3CB9 #8A3CB9 #B93CA9

triadic

#8A3CB9 #B98A3C #3CB98A

tetradic

#8A3CB9 #B94C3C #6BB93C #3CA9B9

square

#8A3CB9 #B94C3C #6BB93C #3CA9B9

split-complementary

#8A3CB9 #A9B93C #3CB94C

monochromatic

#451E5D #682D8B #8A3CB9 #A665CD #C193DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.13

#8A3CB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.43

#8A3CB9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3CB9

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3CB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3CB9	1.00	6.13	3.43	6.13
#FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005EBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2863B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#845676

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3cb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 60, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.193 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b077cf',
    500: '#8a3cb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3cb9;
$custom-light: #b077cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3cb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.44,
    "s": 51.02,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51879,
    "c": 0.19273,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.12138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3CB9

secondary

#A1C789

accent

#DA4D82

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3CB9

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →