#8A3CD3#8A3CD3

#8A3CD3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.219 H 303.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3CD3
RGB	rgb(138, 60, 211)
HSL	hsl(271, 63%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(271, 72%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.6%, 71.6%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.27, 59.91, -64.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.27, 87.97, 312.93°)
OKLab	oklab(53.76% 0.1202 -0.1834)
OKLCH	oklch(53.76% 0.219 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.8522, 13.3381, 62.9333)
Luminance	0.1334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3CD3 #85D33C

analogous

#3E3CD3 #8A3CD3 #D33CD1

triadic

#8A3CD3 #D38A3C #3CD38A

tetradic

#8A3CD3 #D33E3C #85D33C #3CD1D3

square

#8A3CD3 #D33E3C #85D33C #3CD1D3

split-complementary

#8A3CD3 #D1D33C #3CD33E

monochromatic

#4C1B79 #6B27AB #8A3CD3 #A86EDE #C6A0EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.73

#8A3CD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#8A3CD3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3CD3

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3CD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3CD3	1.00	5.73	3.67	5.73
#FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0066D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B6184

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3cd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 60, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.219 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b278e1',
    500: '#8a3cd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3cd3;
$custom-light: #b278e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3cd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.993,
    "s": 63.18,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53765,
    "c": 0.21929,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3CD3

secondary

#B4D695

accent

#E64291

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#120915

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3CD3

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

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