#8A2BE2 · near Violet

#8A2BE2 (RGB 138, 43, 226) is a medium, highly saturated purple, closest to Violet and near Slate Blue and Iris. Purple suggests creativity, luxury and imagination; deep purples feel premium, light ones feel gentle, which makes #8A2BE2 a natural choice for beauty, creative tools and premium products. It appears in 2 ColorSwoop palettes. In OKLCH it has 53% lightness and 0.25 chroma at hue 301°.

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HEX#8A2BE2

RGBrgb(138, 43, 226)

HSLhsl(271, 76%, 53%)

CMYK39, 81, 0, 11

CSS var--violet

Contrast5.96:1 white · 3.52:1 black

Similar named colors

Violet #8F00FFSlate Blue #6A5ACDIris #5A4FCFGrape #6F2DA8Neon Purple #BC13FE

How to use #8A2BE2

White text passes WCAG AA on #8A2BE2 (5.96:1); black does not, so keep dark text off it.

For a calm scheme pair #8A2BE2 with its analogous neighbors #2F2CE2 and #E22CDF; for contrast use its complement #84E22C as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #1F1F24.

CSSSCSSTailwind

--violet: #8A2BE2;

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Shades & tints

#1C092D#37115A#531A88#6E22B5#8A2BE2#A155E8#B980EE#D0AAF3#E8D5F9

Color harmonies for #8A2BE2

Complementary

#8A2BE2#84E22C

Analogous

#8A2BE2#2F2CE2#E22CDF

Triadic

#8A2BE2#E28A2C#2CE28A

Split complementary

#8A2BE2#DFE22C#2CE22F

Tetradic

#8A2BE2#E22F2C#84E22C#2CDFE2