#8A3ED9#8A3ED9

#8A3ED9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.223 H 301.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3ED9
RGB	rgb(138, 62, 217)
HSL	hsl(269, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(269, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 71.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.03, 60.44, -66.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.03, 89.95, 312.21°)
OKLab	oklab(54.45% 0.1172 -0.1899)
OKLCH	oklch(54.45% 0.223 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.7252, 13.8582, 67.0045)
Luminance	0.1386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3ED9 #8DD93E

analogous

#3E40D9 #8A3ED9 #D73ED9

triadic

#8A3ED9 #D98A3E #3ED98A

tetradic

#8A3ED9 #D93E40 #8DD93E #3ED9D7

square

#8A3ED9 #D93E40 #8DD93E #3ED9D7

split-complementary

#8A3ED9 #D9D73E #40D93E

monochromatic

#4D1A83 #6B24B6 #8A3ED9 #A971E3 #C8A4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#8A3ED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#8A3ED9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3ED9

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3ED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3ED9	1.00	5.57	3.77	5.57
#FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0067D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#796488

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3ed9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 62, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.223 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27ae6',
    500: '#8a3ed9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3ed9;
$custom-light: #b27ae6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3ed9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.419,
    "s": 67.1,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54445,
    "c": 0.22317,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3ED9

secondary

#BADA99

accent

#EA3E96

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3ED9

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

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