#8A3DDD#8A3DDD

#8A3DDD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.228 H 300.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8A3DDD
RGBrgb(138, 61, 221)
HSLhsl(269, 70%, 55%)
HSVhsv(269, 72%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(37.6%, 72.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LABlab(44.18, 61.82, -68.66)
CIE-LCHlch(44.18, 92.39, 312.00°)
OKLaboklab(54.64% 0.1174 -0.1959)
OKLCHoklch(54.64% 0.228 300.9)
XYZxyz(25.1979, 13.9610, 69.7598)
Luminance0.1396 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8A3DDD #90DD3D
analogous
#3D40DD #8A3DDD #DA3DDD
triadic
#8A3DDD #DD8A3D #3DDD8A
tetradic
#8A3DDD #DD3D40 #90DD3D #3DDDDA
square
#8A3DDD #DD3D40 #90DD3D #3DDDDA
split-complementary
#8A3DDD #DDDA3D #40DD3D
monochromatic
#4E1888 #6B21BC #8A3DDD #A971E6 #C9A5EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54
#8A3DDD on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79
#8A3DDD on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3DDD
5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8A3DDD#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8A3DDD1.005.543.795.54
#FFFFFF5.541.0021.001.00
#0000003.7921.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.541.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#0068E2
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#0067DA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#78658A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8a3ddd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 61, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.228 300.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b379e9',
    500: '#8a3ddd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8a3ddd;
$custom-light: #b379e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8a3ddd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.875,
    "s": 70.175,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54644,
    "c": 0.22839,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8A3DDD
secondary
#BCDC99
accent
#ED3B97
background
#FBF7FE
surface
#F6EEFD
border
#D0C9D5
text
#120A16
muted
#817C84

Preview Lab

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#8A3DDD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva