#8A43B3#8A43B3

#8A43B3 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.177 H 311.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A43B3
RGB	rgb(138, 67, 179)
HSL	hsl(278, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(278, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 62.6%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.27, 49.31, -47.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.27, 68.40, 316.13°)
OKLab	oklab(52.36% 0.1159 -0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(52.36% 0.177 311)
XYZ	xyz(20.6236, 12.6727, 43.9987)
Luminance	0.1267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A43B3 #6CB343

analogous

#5243B3 #8A43B3 #B343A4

triadic

#8A43B3 #B38A43 #43B38A

tetradic

#8A43B3 #B35243 #6CB343 #43A4B3

square

#8A43B3 #B35243 #6CB343 #43A4B3

split-complementary

#8A43B3 #A4B343 #43B352

monochromatic

#45225A #683286 #8A43B3 #A66BC8 #C198D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.94

#8A43B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#8A43B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A43B3

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A43B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A43B3	1.00	5.94	3.53	5.94
#FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1160B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3865B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#855975

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a43b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 67, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.177 311.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af7bca',
    500: '#8a43b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a43b3;
$custom-light: #af7bca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a43b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.036,
    "s": 45.528,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52355,
    "c": 0.1768,
    "h": 311
  },
  "luminance": 0.12672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A43B3

secondary

#A2C48D

accent

#D55382

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF8

border

#D0C9D1

text

#110A13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A43B3

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

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