#8A3EB6#8A3EB6

#8A3EB6 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.187 H 310.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3EB6
RGB	rgb(138, 62, 182)
HSL	hsl(278, 49%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(278, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.2%, 65.9%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.57, 52.40, -50.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.57, 72.62, 316.18°)
OKLab	oklab(51.92% 0.1217 -0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(51.92% 0.187 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.6457, 12.2264, 45.5192)
Luminance	0.1223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3EB6 #6AB63E

analogous

#4E3EB6 #8A3EB6 #B63EA6

triadic

#8A3EB6 #B68A3E #3EB68A

tetradic

#8A3EB6 #B64E3E #6AB63E #3EA6B6

square

#8A3EB6 #B64E3E #6AB63E #3EA6B6

split-complementary

#8A3EB6 #A6B63E #3EB64E

monochromatic

#451F5B #672E88 #8A3EB6 #A666CB #C194DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.10

#8A3EB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.45

#8A3EB6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3EB6

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3EB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3EB6	1.00	6.10	3.45	6.10
#FFFFFF	6.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F63B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#845675

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3eb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 62, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.187 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b078cc',
    500: '#8a3eb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3eb6;
$custom-light: #b078cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3eb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278,
    "s": 49.18,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51916,
    "c": 0.18697,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3EB6

secondary

#A0C68A

accent

#D94F82

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#110913

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3EB6

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

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