#8A3DC9#8A3DC9

#8A3DC9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.208 H 305.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3DC9
RGB	rgb(138, 61, 201)
HSL	hsl(273, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(273, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.3%, 69.7%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.70, 57.16, -59.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.70, 82.55, 313.82°)
OKLab	oklab(53.13% 0.1208 -0.1692)
OKLCH	oklch(53.13% 0.208 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.6903, 12.9580, 56.5528)
Luminance	0.1296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3DC9 #7CC93D

analogous

#443DC9 #8A3DC9 #C93DC2

triadic

#8A3DC9 #C98A3D #3DC98A

tetradic

#8A3DC9 #C9443D #7CC93D #3DC2C9

square

#8A3DC9 #C9443D #7CC93D #3DC2C9

split-complementary

#8A3DC9 #C2C93D #3DC944

monochromatic

#4A1E6D #6A2C9D #8A3DC9 #A76DD6 #C49DE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.85

#8A3DC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#8A3DC9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3DC9

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3DC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3DC9	1.00	5.85	3.59	5.85
#FFFFFF	5.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0165C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F5D7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3dc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 61, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.208 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b179da',
    500: '#8a3dc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3dc9;
$custom-light: #b179da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3dc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53133,
    "c": 0.20788,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3DC9

secondary

#AED092

accent

#E0488C

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110915

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3DC9

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

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