#8A3DB8#8A3DB8

#8A3DB8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.190 H 310.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3DB8
RGB	rgb(138, 61, 184)
HSL	hsl(278, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(278, 67%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 66.8%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.54, 53.31, -51.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.54, 74.14, 315.98°)
OKLab	oklab(51.93% 0.1227 -0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(51.93% 0.19 310.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.8000, 12.2019, 46.5976)
Luminance	0.1220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3DB8 #6BB83D

analogous

#4C3DB8 #8A3DB8 #B83DA8

triadic

#8A3DB8 #B88A3D #3DB88A

tetradic

#8A3DB8 #B84C3D #6BB83D #3DA8B8

square

#8A3DB8 #B84C3D #6BB83D #3DA8B8

split-complementary

#8A3DB8 #A8B83D #3DB84C

monochromatic

#451F5C #682E8A #8A3DB8 #A666CC #C194DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.10

#8A3DB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#8A3DB8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3DB8

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3DB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3DB8	1.00	6.10	3.44	6.10
#FFFFFF	6.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B63B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#845775

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3db8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 61, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.190 310.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b078ce',
    500: '#8a3db8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3db8;
$custom-light: #b078ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3db8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.561,
    "s": 50.204,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5193,
    "c": 0.19037,
    "h": 310.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3DB8

secondary

#A1C78A

accent

#DA4E82

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3DB8

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

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