#8A3DC8#8A3DC8

#8A3DC8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.207 H 305.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3DC8
RGB	rgb(138, 61, 200)
HSL	hsl(273, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(273, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 69.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.63, 56.93, -59.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.63, 82.05, 313.93°)
OKLab	oklab(53.06% 0.121 -0.1678)
OKLCH	oklch(53.06% 0.207 305.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.5730, 12.9111, 55.9353)
Luminance	0.1291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3DC8 #7BC83D

analogous

#443DC8 #8A3DC8 #C83DC1

triadic

#8A3DC8 #C88A3D #3DC88A

tetradic

#8A3DC8 #C8443D #7BC83D #3DC1C8

square

#8A3DC8 #C8443D #7BC83D #3DC1C8

split-complementary

#8A3DC8 #C1C83D #3DC844

monochromatic

#491F6C #6A2C9C #8A3DC8 #A76DD6 #C49CE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.86

#8A3DC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#8A3DC8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3DC8

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3DC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3DC8	1.00	5.86	3.58	5.86
#FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0665C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F5D7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3dc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 61, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.207 305.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b179da',
    500: '#8a3dc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3dc8;
$custom-light: #b179da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3dc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.237,
    "s": 55.823,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5306,
    "c": 0.20684,
    "h": 305.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3DC8

secondary

#ADCF92

accent

#DF498C

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110915

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3DC8

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

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