#8A3DB6#8A3DB6

#8A3DB6 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.188 H 310.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3DB6
RGB	rgb(138, 61, 182)
HSL	hsl(278, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(278, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.2%, 66.5%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.40, 52.87, -50.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.40, 73.15, 316.28°)
OKLab	oklab(51.79% 0.1229 -0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(51.79% 0.188 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.5919, 12.1186, 45.5013)
Luminance	0.1212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3DB6 #69B63D

analogous

#4E3DB6 #8A3DB6 #B63DA5

triadic

#8A3DB6 #B68A3D #3DB68A

tetradic

#8A3DB6 #B64E3D #69B63D #3DA5B6

square

#8A3DB6 #B64E3D #69B63D #3DA5B6

split-complementary

#8A3DB6 #A5B63D #3DB64E

monochromatic

#441E5A #672E88 #8A3DB6 #A665CB #C193DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.13

#8A3DB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#8A3DB6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3DB6

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3DB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3DB6	1.00	6.13	3.42	6.13
#FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005EBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E63B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#845674

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3db6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 61, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.188 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b078cd',
    500: '#8a3db6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3db6;
$custom-light: #b078cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3db6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.182,
    "s": 49.794,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51794,
    "c": 0.18832,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3DB6

secondary

#9FC689

accent

#D94E81

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#110913

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3DB6

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

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