#8A61B3#8A61B3

#8A61B3 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.129 H 305.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A61B3
RGB	rgb(138, 97, 179)
HSL	hsl(270, 35%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(270, 46%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 45.8%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.52, 32.98, -37.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.52, 49.91, 311.36°)
OKLab	oklab(56.97% 0.0754 -0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(56.97% 0.129 305.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.8909, 17.2075, 44.7545)
Luminance	0.1721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A61B3 #8AB361

analogous

#6161B3 #8A61B3 #B361B3

triadic

#8A61B3 #B38A61 #61B38A

tetradic

#8A61B3 #B36161 #8AB361 #61B3B3

square

#8A61B3 #B36161 #8AB361 #61B3B3

split-complementary

#8A61B3 #B3B361 #61B361

monochromatic

#4D3268 #6B4691 #8A61B3 #A98AC7 #C7B4DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#8A61B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#8A61B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A61B3

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A61B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A61B3	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C72B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5673B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#846F81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a61b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 97, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.129 305.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae8fca',
    500: '#8a61b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a61b3;
$custom-light: #ae8fca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a61b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 35.043,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56968,
    "c": 0.12892,
    "h": 305.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A61B3

secondary

#B8C9A6

accent

#CB5D94

background

#FAF8FC

surface

#F4F0F8

border

#CECBD1

text

#100C13

muted

#7F7D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A61B3

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

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