#8A3CC5#8A3CC5

#8A3CC5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.205 H 306.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3CC5
RGB	rgb(138, 60, 197)
HSL	hsl(274, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(274, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.9%, 69.5%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.26, 56.69, -57.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.26, 81.07, 314.37°)
OKLab	oklab(52.73% 0.1224 -0.1644)
OKLCH	oklch(52.73% 0.205 306.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.1730, 12.6664, 54.0893)
Luminance	0.1267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3CC5 #77C53C

analogous

#463CC5 #8A3CC5 #C53CBB

triadic

#8A3CC5 #C58A3C #3CC58A

tetradic

#8A3CC5 #C5463C #77C53C #3CBBC5

square

#8A3CC5 #C5463C #77C53C #3CBBC5

split-complementary

#8A3CC5 #BBC53C #3CC546

monochromatic

#481F68 #692D97 #8A3CC5 #A66BD3 #C39AE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.94

#8A3CC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#8A3CC5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3CC5

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3CC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3CC5	1.00	5.94	3.53	5.94
#FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F64C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#805B7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3cc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 60, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.205 306.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b178d7',
    500: '#8a3cc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3cc5;
$custom-light: #b178d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3cc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.161,
    "s": 54.15,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52727,
    "c": 0.205,
    "h": 306.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3CC5

secondary

#AACD90

accent

#DE4A8A

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFA

border

#D0C9D3

text

#110914

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3CC5

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

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