CSS named color

Blue Violet #8A2BE2

The CSS keyword blueviolet is #8A2BE2. It is a vivid violet in the violet family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.534, chroma 0.250 and hue 301.4°.

Relative luminance: 0.1262
OKLCH L · C · h: 0.534 · 0.250 · 301.4
Best text: White 5.95:1
Hue family: Violet

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#8A2BE2 color codes

HEX: #8A2BE2
RGB: rgb(138, 43, 226)
HSL: hsl(271, 76%, 53%)
OKLCH: oklch(0.534 0.250 301.4)
OKLab: oklab(0.534 0.130 -0.214)
CIELAB (D65): L* 42.19, a* 69.84, b* -74.76
XYZ (D65): X 25.07, Y 12.62, Z 73.05
CMYK (naive): cmyk(39%, 81%, 0%, 11%)

CIELAB and XYZ use the D65 white point; CSS lab() uses D50, so paste the OKLCH or HEX value into stylesheets. CMYK here is a plain formula with no press profile.

Legibility

Contrast: is #8A2BE2 accessible?

White text on it reaches 5.95:1, passing AA. Black text manages only 3.52:1, enough for large text only.

WCAG 2 gives the same ratio whichever color is the text; APCA does not, so its Lc changes sign and size with polarity.

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Black text on it

3.52:1
- AA fails
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +25
White text on it

5.95:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −83
As text on black

3.52:1
- AA fails
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −23
As text on white

5.95:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +78

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

For text on white

#8A2BE2 5.95:1

It already reaches 5.95:1 on white, so no change is needed.
For text on black

#9C44F7 4.58:1

Lightening its OKLCH lightness from 0.53 to 0.59 reaches 4.58:1 on black, keeping the hue.

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Studio

Adjust #8A2BE2 live

Move lightness, chroma and hue in OKLCH, or drag on the map. The map is every lightness and chroma at the current hue: sRGB inside the solid area, Display P3 out to the dashed line.

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Scale

Shades and tints of #8A2BE2

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #8A2BE2 sits at step 600.

50#F7F3FF

White
1.09
Black
19.21
100#EFE6FF

White
1.20
Black
17.43
200#DFCDFF

White
1.46
Black
14.31
300#CBABFF

White
1.94
Black
10.80
400#B682FF

White
2.75
Black
7.62
500#A34FFF

White
4.10
Black
5.11
600This color#8A2BE2

White
5.95
Black
3.52
700#7402C5

White
8.21
Black
2.55
800#550093

White
11.61
Black
1.80
900#380064

White
15.53
Black
1.35
950#20003D

White
18.60
Black
1.12

Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.

Gamut

How vivid #8A2BE2 can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.283; #8A2BE2 uses 88% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.295 there: 4% more.

sRGB
Display P3
Rec. 2020
Dominant wavelength

OKLCH chroma: 0.250
sRGB edge: 0.283
Display P3 edge: 0.295
Rec. 2020 edge: 0.326
Dominant wavelength: Complementary 566 nm
Excitation purity: 66%
Chromaticity: x 0.2264, y 0.1140

This color#8A2BE2
Most vivid in sRGB#8F00F1
Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.534 0.295 301.4)

On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.

Use the wider color where screens show it

.accent {
  color: #8a2be2;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 0.5153 0 0.9287); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #8A2BE2

Each row is the same mix worked out in a different space, with the halfway color at its end. sRGB, which older CSS gradients use, can sag gray or dark in the middle; OKLab keeps the lightness steps even; OKLCH holds chroma and hue as it goes.

White #FFFFFF

sRGB50%#C595F1
OKLab50%#C1A0F6
OKLCH50%#C1A0F6

Black #000000

sRGB50%#451671
OKLab50%#320A57
OKLCH50%#320A57

Its complement #627700

sRGB50%#765171
OKLab50%#73658B
OKLCH50%#C22C17

In CSS

/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #8a2be2, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #8a2be2 50%, white);

In use

#8A2BE2 in an interface

A button, a link, a heading, a focused field, an icon and a chart line in this color, on a light page and a dark one. Each check is a WCAG 2 contrast minimum: 1.4.3 for text, 1.4.11 for the rest.

Light page

Button labelText, 4.5:15.95:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:15.95:1 Passes
Large headingLarge text, 3:15.95:1 Passes
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:15.95:1 Passes

Dark page

Button labelText, 4.5:15.95:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:13.14:1 Fails
Large headingLarge text, 3:13.14:1 Passes
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:13.14:1 Passes

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #A34EFF 4.54:1

Color vision

How #8A2BE2 looks with color blindness

Achromatopsia changes it most, ΔE2000 31.0; tritanopia changes it least, 19.4.

Simulated with Machado et al. (2009) at full severity, in linear light.

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Protanopia

No working red (long-wavelength) cones

#0063E7 ΔE2000 19.8

Distinct

Reads as vivid blue
Deuteranopia

No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

#0063DF ΔE2000 20.5

Distinct

Reads as vivid blue
Tritanopia

No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

#765F89 ΔE2000 19.4

Distinct

Reads as muted violet
Achromatopsia

No cone color vision; lightness only

#646464 ΔE2000 31.0

Distinct

Reads as gray

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #627700. Their lightness contrast is only 1.17:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

Vision	The pair	ΔE2000	Verdict
Normal vision	#8A2BE2 · #627700	78.6	Stays distinct
Protanopia	#0063E7 · #7F6F00	61.8	Stays distinct
Deuteranopia	#0063DF · #7D6F13	59.7	Stays distinct
Tritanopia	#765F89 · #687064	25.7	Stays distinct
Achromatopsia	#646464 · #6F6F6F	4.2	Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #8A2BE2

Its complement is #627700, a soft yellow.

Hue rotations in OKLCH, mapped into sRGB by trimming chroma so hue and lightness stay put.

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Base#8A2BE2
Complement#627700

Complementary

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−30°#424EFA
Base#8A2BE2
+30°#B400AA

Analogous

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Base#8A2BE2
+120°#9F5900
+240°#007F70

Triadic

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Base#8A2BE2
+150°#846A00
+210°#00833F

Split-complementary

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Code

Design tokens

Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.

CSS custom property

:root {
  --color-blueviolet: #8a2be2;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        blueviolet: '#8a2be2',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  --color-blueviolet: oklch(0.534 0.250 301.4);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "blueviolet": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.5412, 0.1686, 0.8863],
        "hex": "#8a2be2"
      },
      "$description": "CSS named color blueviolet"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let blueviolet = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.541, green: 0.169, blue: 0.886, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val Blueviolet = Color(0xFF8A2BE2)
}

Matches

The nearest match in each system

The closest CSS name, Tailwind shade, RAL Classic paint and Crayola crayon by ΔE2000; under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side. RAL and Crayola values approximate physical colors.

Tools

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Blue Violet #8A2BE2

#8A2BE2 color codes

Contrast: is #8A2BE2 accessible?

Black text on it

White text on it

As text on black

As text on white

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

Adjust #8A2BE2 live

Shades and tints of #8A2BE2

How vivid #8A2BE2 can get

Mixing #8A2BE2

#8A2BE2 in an interface

How #8A2BE2 looks with color blindness

Protanopia

Deuteranopia

Tritanopia

Achromatopsia

Pairing check

Color harmonies for #8A2BE2

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split-complementary

Design tokens

CSS custom property

Tailwind config

Tailwind v4 theme

Design token (W3C DTCG)

SwiftUI color

Jetpack Compose color

The nearest match in each system

Similar colors

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