#8A3DB2#8A3DB2

#8A3DB2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.184 H 312.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3DB2
RGB	rgb(138, 61, 178)
HSL	hsl(279, 49%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(279, 66%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 65.7%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.15, 51.99, -48.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.15, 71.18, 316.92°)
OKLab	oklab(51.53% 0.1232 -0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(51.53% 0.184 312)
XYZ	xyz(20.1844, 11.9556, 43.3552)
Luminance	0.1196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3DB2 #65B23D

analogous

#503DB2 #8A3DB2 #B23DA0

triadic

#8A3DB2 #B28A3D #3DB28A

tetradic

#8A3DB2 #B2503D #65B23D #3DA0B2

square

#8A3DB2 #B2503D #65B23D #3DA0B2

split-complementary

#8A3DB2 #A0B23D #3DB250

monochromatic

#431E57 #672D84 #8A3DB2 #A663C9 #C090D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.19

#8A3DB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#8A3DB2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3DB2

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3DB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3DB2	1.00	6.19	3.39	6.19
#FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3263AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#855472

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3db2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 61, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.184 312.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b078ca',
    500: '#8a3db2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3db2;
$custom-light: #b078ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3db2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.487,
    "s": 48.954,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51525,
    "c": 0.18421,
    "h": 312
  },
  "luminance": 0.11955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3DB2

secondary

#9CC487

accent

#D94F7E

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF8

border

#D0C9D1

text

#110913

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3DB2

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

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