#8A3CE2#8A3CE2

#8A3CE2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.235 H 300.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3CE2
RGB	rgb(138, 60, 226)
HSL	hsl(268, 74%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(268, 73%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 73.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.41, 63.43, -71.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.41, 95.30, 311.73°)
OKLab	oklab(54.93% 0.1172 -0.2031)
OKLCH	oklch(54.93% 0.235 300)
XYZ	xyz(25.8211, 14.1257, 73.3029)
Luminance	0.1413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3CE2 #94E23C

analogous

#3C41E2 #8A3CE2 #DD3CE2

triadic

#8A3CE2 #E28A3C #3CE28A

tetradic

#8A3CE2 #E23C41 #94E23C #3CE2DD

square

#8A3CE2 #E23C41 #94E23C #3CE2DD

split-complementary

#8A3CE2 #E2DD3C #41E23C

monochromatic

#4E158E #6B1DC4 #8A3CE2 #AA71EA #CAA7F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.49

#8A3CE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#8A3CE2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3CE2

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3CE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3CE2	1.00	5.49	3.83	5.49
#FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0068DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#76678C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3ce2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 60, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.235 300.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b379ec',
    500: '#8a3ce2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3ce2;
$custom-light: #b379ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3ce2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.193,
    "s": 74.107,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54931,
    "c": 0.23454,
    "h": 300
  },
  "luminance": 0.14126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3CE2

secondary

#BFDF9B

accent

#F13799

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFD

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3CE2

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

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