#8A3ED3#8A3ED3

#8A3ED3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.217 H 303.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3ED3
RGB	rgb(138, 62, 211)
HSL	hsl(271, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(271, 71%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.6%, 70.6%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.58, 59.03, -63.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.58, 86.99, 312.73°)
OKLab	oklab(53.99% 0.1183 -0.1819)
OKLCH	oklch(53.99% 0.217 303)
XYZ	xyz(23.9590, 13.5517, 62.9689)
Luminance	0.1355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3ED3 #87D33E

analogous

#3F3ED3 #8A3ED3 #D33ED1

triadic

#8A3ED3 #D38A3E #3ED38A

tetradic

#8A3ED3 #D33F3E #87D33E #3ED1D3

square

#8A3ED3 #D33F3E #87D33E #3ED1D3

split-complementary

#8A3ED3 #D1D33E #3ED33F

monochromatic

#4C1C7B #6B27AC #8A3ED3 #A870DE #C6A2EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.66

#8A3ED3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#8A3ED3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3ED3

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3ED3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3ED3	1.00	5.66	3.71	5.66
#FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0067D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B6284

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3ed3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 62, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.217 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b279e1',
    500: '#8a3ed3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3ed3;
$custom-light: #b279e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3ed3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.604,
    "s": 62.869,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53988,
    "c": 0.21699,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.13552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3ED3

secondary

#B6D696

accent

#E64292

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#110A15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3ED3

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

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