#8A3EB1#8A3EB1

#8A3EB1 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.182 H 312.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3EB1
RGB	rgb(138, 62, 177)
HSL	hsl(280, 48%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(280, 65%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 65%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.25, 51.30, -47.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.25, 70.15, 316.99°)
OKLab	oklab(51.58% 0.122 -0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(51.58% 0.182 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.1382, 12.0234, 42.8463)
Luminance	0.1202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3EB1 #65B13E

analogous

#513EB1 #8A3EB1 #B13E9F

triadic

#8A3EB1 #B18A3E #3EB18A

tetradic

#8A3EB1 #B1513E #65B13E #3E9FB1

square

#8A3EB1 #B1513E #65B13E #3E9FB1

split-complementary

#8A3EB1 #9FB13E #3EB151

monochromatic

#431E56 #672E84 #8A3EB1 #A664C9 #C091D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.17

#8A3EB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#8A3EB1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3EB1

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3EB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3EB1	1.00	6.17	3.40	6.17
#FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3463AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#865572

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3eb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 62, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.182 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b078c9',
    500: '#8a3eb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3eb1;
$custom-light: #b078c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3eb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.652,
    "s": 48.117,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51583,
    "c": 0.18181,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3EB1

secondary

#9CC487

accent

#D8507E

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF8

border

#D0C9D1

text

#110913

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3EB1

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

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