#8A3CC8#8A3CC8

#8A3CC8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.208 H 305.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3CC8
RGB	rgb(138, 60, 200)
HSL	hsl(273, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(273, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 70%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.47, 57.38, -59.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.47, 82.55, 314.03°)
OKLab	oklab(52.95% 0.122 -0.1685)
OKLCH	oklch(52.95% 0.208 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.5201, 12.8053, 55.9177)
Luminance	0.1280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3CC8 #7AC83C

analogous

#443CC8 #8A3CC8 #C83CC0

triadic

#8A3CC8 #C88A3C #3CC88A

tetradic

#8A3CC8 #C8443C #7AC83C #3CC0C8

square

#8A3CC8 #C8443C #7AC83C #3CC0C8

split-complementary

#8A3CC8 #C0C83C #3CC844

monochromatic

#491E6B #6A2C9B #8A3CC8 #A76CD5 #C39BE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.90

#8A3CC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#8A3CC8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3CC8

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3CC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3CC8	1.00	5.90	3.56	5.90
#FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0265C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F5C7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3cc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 60, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.208 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b178da',
    500: '#8a3cc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3cc8;
$custom-light: #b178da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3cc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.429,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52945,
    "c": 0.20806,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3CC8

secondary

#ACCF91

accent

#DF498B

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110915

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3CC8

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

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