#8A3DB1#8A3DB1

#8A3DB1 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.183 H 312.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3DB1
RGB	rgb(138, 61, 177)
HSL	hsl(280, 49%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(280, 66%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 65.5%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.08, 51.77, -48.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.08, 70.68, 317.09°)
OKLab	oklab(51.46% 0.1232 -0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(51.46% 0.183 312.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.0844, 11.9156, 42.8284)
Luminance	0.1192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3DB1 #64B13D

analogous

#503DB1 #8A3DB1 #B13D9E

triadic

#8A3DB1 #B18A3D #3DB18A

tetradic

#8A3DB1 #B1503D #64B13D #3D9EB1

square

#8A3DB1 #B1503D #64B13D #3D9EB1

split-complementary

#8A3DB1 #9EB13D #3DB150

monochromatic

#431E56 #672D83 #8A3DB1 #A662C9 #C090D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.21

#8A3DB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#8A3DB1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3DB1

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3DB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3DB1	1.00	6.21	3.38	6.21
#FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3362AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#865472

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3db1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 61, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.183 312.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b078c9',
    500: '#8a3db1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3db1;
$custom-light: #b078c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3db1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.828,
    "s": 48.739,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51459,
    "c": 0.18319,
    "h": 312.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3DB1

secondary

#9BC486

accent

#D8507D

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF8

border

#D0C8D1

text

#110913

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3DB1

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

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