#8A43B1#8A43B1

#8A43B1 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.175 H 311.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A43B1
RGB	rgb(138, 67, 177)
HSL	hsl(279, 45%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(279, 62%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 62.1%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.14, 48.86, -46.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.14, 67.40, 316.47°)
OKLab	oklab(52.23% 0.116 -0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(52.23% 0.175 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.4228, 12.5924, 42.9412)
Luminance	0.1259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A43B1 #6AB143

analogous

#5343B1 #8A43B1 #B143A1

triadic

#8A43B1 #B18A43 #43B18A

tetradic

#8A43B1 #B15343 #6AB143 #43A1B1

square

#8A43B1 #B15343 #6AB143 #43A1B1

split-complementary

#8A43B1 #A1B143 #43B153

monochromatic

#452158 #673285 #8A43B1 #A66AC7 #C197D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.97

#8A43B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#8A43B1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A43B1

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A43B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A43B1	1.00	5.97	3.52	5.97
#FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1560B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3965AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#855874

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a43b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 67, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.175 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af7bc9',
    500: '#8a43b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a43b1;
$custom-light: #af7bc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a43b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.727,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52226,
    "c": 0.17467,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A43B1

secondary

#A0C38C

accent

#D55381

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF8

border

#D0C9D1

text

#110A13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A43B1

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

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