#8A3EC9#8A3EC9

#8A3EC9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.207 H 305.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3EC9
RGB	rgb(138, 62, 201)
HSL	hsl(273, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(273, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.3%, 69.2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.86, 56.70, -59.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.86, 82.04, 313.72°)
OKLab	oklab(53.25% 0.1198 -0.1684)
OKLCH	oklch(53.25% 0.207 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.7441, 13.0657, 56.5708)
Luminance	0.1307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3EC9 #7DC93E

analogous

#453EC9 #8A3EC9 #C93EC2

triadic

#8A3EC9 #C98A3E #3EC98A

tetradic

#8A3EC9 #C9453E #7DC93E #3EC2C9

square

#8A3EC9 #C9453E #7DC93E #3EC2C9

split-complementary

#8A3EC9 #C2C93E #3EC945

monochromatic

#4A1F6E #6A2C9E #8A3EC9 #A76ED6 #C49EE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.81

#8A3EC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#8A3EC9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3EC9

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3EC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3EC9	1.00	5.81	3.61	5.81
#FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0565C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F5E7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3ec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 62, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.207 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b179da',
    500: '#8a3ec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3ec9;
$custom-light: #b179da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3ec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.806,
    "s": 56.275,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53248,
    "c": 0.20665,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3EC9

secondary

#AFD093

accent

#E0488D

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110915

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3EC9

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

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