#8A3DB5#8A3DB5

#8A3DB5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.187 H 311.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3DB5
RGB	rgb(138, 61, 181)
HSL	hsl(279, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(279, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.8%, 66.3%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.34, 52.65, -50.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.34, 72.66, 316.44°)
OKLab	oklab(51.73% 0.123 -0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(51.73% 0.187 311)
XYZ	xyz(20.4889, 12.0774, 44.9590)
Luminance	0.1208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3DB5 #68B53D

analogous

#4E3DB5 #8A3DB5 #B53DA4

triadic

#8A3DB5 #B58A3D #3DB58A

tetradic

#8A3DB5 #B54E3D #68B53D #3DA4B5

square

#8A3DB5 #B54E3D #68B53D #3DA4B5

split-complementary

#8A3DB5 #A4B53D #3DB54E

monochromatic

#441E59 #672E87 #8A3DB5 #A664CB #C092DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.15

#8A3DB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#8A3DB5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3DB5

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3DB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3DB5	1.00	6.15	3.42	6.15
#FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005EB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F63B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#855574

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3db5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 61, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.187 311.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b078cc',
    500: '#8a3db5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3db5;
$custom-light: #b078cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3db5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.5,
    "s": 49.587,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51726,
    "c": 0.18729,
    "h": 311
  },
  "luminance": 0.12077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3DB5

secondary

#9EC588

accent

#D94F80

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#110913

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3DB5

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

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