#8A3CD1#8A3CD1

#8A3CD1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.217 H 303.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3CD1
RGB	rgb(138, 60, 209)
HSL	hsl(271, 62%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(271, 71%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(34%, 71.3%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.12, 59.45, -63.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.12, 86.98, 313.11°)
OKLab	oklab(53.61% 0.1206 -0.1807)
OKLCH	oklch(53.61% 0.217 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.6031, 13.2385, 61.6211)
Luminance	0.1324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3CD1 #83D13C

analogous

#3F3CD1 #8A3CD1 #D13CCE

triadic

#8A3CD1 #D18A3C #3CD18A

tetradic

#8A3CD1 #D13F3C #83D13C #3CCED1

square

#8A3CD1 #D13F3C #83D13C #3CCED1

split-complementary

#8A3CD1 #CED13C #3CD13F

monochromatic

#4B1C77 #6B28A8 #8A3CD1 #A86EDD #C59FE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.76

#8A3CD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#8A3CD1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3CD1

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3CD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3CD1	1.00	5.76	3.65	5.76
#FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0066CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C6083

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3cd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 60, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.217 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b278e0',
    500: '#8a3cd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3cd1;
$custom-light: #b278e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3cd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.409,
    "s": 61.826,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53614,
    "c": 0.21726,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3CD1

secondary

#B3D594

accent

#E54390

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110915

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3CD1

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

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