#8A3ED6#8A3ED6

#8A3ED6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.220 H 302.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3ED6
RGB	rgb(138, 62, 214)
HSL	hsl(270, 65%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(270, 71%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 71%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.80, 59.73, -65.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.80, 88.47, 312.47°)
OKLab	oklab(54.22% 0.1178 -0.1859)
OKLCH	oklch(54.22% 0.22 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.3386, 13.7035, 64.9681)
Luminance	0.1370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3ED6 #8AD63E

analogous

#3E3ED6 #8A3ED6 #D63ED6

triadic

#8A3ED6 #D68A3E #3ED68A

tetradic

#8A3ED6 #D63E3E #8AD63E #3ED6D6

square

#8A3ED6 #D63E3E #8AD63E #3ED6D6

split-complementary

#8A3ED6 #D6D63E #3ED63E

monochromatic

#4D1B7F #6B26B1 #8A3ED6 #A970E1 #C7A3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.61

#8A3ED6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#8A3ED6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3ED6

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3ED6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3ED6	1.00	5.61	3.74	5.61
#FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0067D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A6386

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3ed6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 62, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.220 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27ae4',
    500: '#8a3ed6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3ed6;
$custom-light: #b27ae4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3ed6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 64.957,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54215,
    "c": 0.22008,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3ED6

secondary

#B8D898

accent

#E84094

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3ED6

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

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