#8A3CC9#8A3CC9

#8A3CC9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.209 H 305.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3CC9
RGB	rgb(138, 60, 201)
HSL	hsl(273, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(273, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.3%, 70.1%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.54, 57.61, -59.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.54, 83.05, 313.92°)
OKLab	oklab(53.02% 0.1218 -0.1699)
OKLCH	oklch(53.02% 0.209 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.6374, 12.8522, 56.5352)
Luminance	0.1285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3CC9 #7BC93C

analogous

#433CC9 #8A3CC9 #C93CC2

triadic

#8A3CC9 #C98A3C #3CC98A

tetradic

#8A3CC9 #C9433C #7BC93C #3CC2C9

square

#8A3CC9 #C9433C #7BC93C #3CC2C9

split-complementary

#8A3CC9 #C2C93C #3CC943

monochromatic

#491E6D #6A2B9C #8A3CC9 #A76CD6 #C49CE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.88

#8A3CC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#8A3CC9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3CC9

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3CC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3CC9	1.00	5.88	3.57	5.88
#FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0065C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F5D7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3cc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 60, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.209 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b178da',
    500: '#8a3cc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3cc9;
$custom-light: #b178da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3cc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.191,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53018,
    "c": 0.20908,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3CC9

secondary

#ADD091

accent

#E0488C

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110915

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3CC9

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

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