#8A3EB5#8A3EB5

#8A3EB5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.186 H 310.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3EB5
RGB	rgb(138, 62, 181)
HSL	hsl(278, 49%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(278, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.8%, 65.7%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.51, 52.18, -49.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.51, 72.13, 316.34°)
OKLab	oklab(51.85% 0.1218 -0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(51.85% 0.186 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.5428, 12.1852, 44.9769)
Luminance	0.1218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3EB5 #69B53E

analogous

#4E3EB5 #8A3EB5 #B53EA5

triadic

#8A3EB5 #B58A3E #3EB58A

tetradic

#8A3EB5 #B54E3E #69B53E #3EA5B5

square

#8A3EB5 #B54E3E #69B53E #3EA5B5

split-complementary

#8A3EB5 #A5B53E #3EB54E

monochromatic

#441F5A #672E87 #8A3EB5 #A666CA #C193DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.11

#8A3EB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#8A3EB5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3EB5

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3EB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3EB5	1.00	6.11	3.44	6.11
#FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005EB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3063B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#855674

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3eb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 62, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.186 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b078cc',
    500: '#8a3eb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3eb5;
$custom-light: #b078cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3eb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.319,
    "s": 48.971,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51849,
    "c": 0.18594,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3EB5

secondary

#9FC589

accent

#D94F81

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#110913

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3EB5

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

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