#8A43B5#8A43B5

#8A43B5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.179 H 310.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A43B5
RGB	rgb(138, 67, 181)
HSL	hsl(277, 46%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(277, 63%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.8%, 63%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.39, 49.76, -48.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.39, 69.40, 315.80°)
OKLab	oklab(52.49% 0.1159 -0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(52.49% 0.179 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.8273, 12.7542, 45.0717)
Luminance	0.1275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A43B5 #6EB543

analogous

#5143B5 #8A43B5 #B543A7

triadic

#8A43B5 #B58A43 #43B58A

tetradic

#8A43B5 #B55143 #6EB543 #43A7B5

square

#8A43B5 #B55143 #6EB543 #43A7B5

split-complementary

#8A43B5 #A7B543 #43B551

monochromatic

#46225C #683288 #8A43B5 #A66CC9 #C199D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.91

#8A43B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55

#8A43B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A43B5

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A43B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A43B5	1.00	5.91	3.55	5.91
#FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0A61B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3665B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#845976

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a43b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 67, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.179 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af7bcc',
    500: '#8a43b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a43b5;
$custom-light: #af7bcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a43b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.368,
    "s": 45.968,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52485,
    "c": 0.17893,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A43B5

secondary

#A3C58F

accent

#D65284

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#110A13

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A43B5

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

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