#8A2BE2Blue Violet (#8A2BE2) is a mid-tone, vivid purple with an OKLCH hue of 301°, lightness 0.53 and chroma 0.25. It sits on the transitional side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as an accent color: strong in focal moments, dominant over large fields.
| HEX | #8A2BE2 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(138, 43, 226) |
| HSL | hsl(271, 76%, 53%) |
| HSV | hsv(271, 81%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(39%, 81%, 0%, 11%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(42.2 69.8 -74.8) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.534 0.250 301) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Blue Violet shifts subtly: leans toward magenta; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 2.2), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#8d2dd5 — ΔE 2.2, shifts subtly: leans toward magenta#8d2ede — ΔE 1.0, shifts subtly: leans toward magenta#8a2be2 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#8a2ae5 — ΔE 0.5, is virtually unchangedAgainst white it measures 5.96:1 and against black 3.52:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.
One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.
#cfb1ff · #b277ff · #8a2be2 · #6e00bb · #440078 · #1f003b
The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.
#6485ff · #785dfa · #8a2be2 · #8d00ae · #800075 · #6e0047
The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.
#ff6eb2 · #c36890 · #8a2be2 · #6817af · #490080 · #3d0021
One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.
#b1d600 · #9583b4 · #8a2be2 · #5c368c · #3e1a65 · #1f0737
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#eef6dc · #8c81a1 · #8a2be2 · #515645 · #271a3a · #010100
This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.
#f0f4e8 · #c7cbbe · #999e8f · #202512 · #020400 · #8a2be2
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#d6dbb6 · #33bc82 · #a166a3 · #8a2be2 · #4f5e46 · #01082f
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#ddd9b4 · #74c180 · #937d4f · #8a2be2 · #575e4d · #030831
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#ffeee1 · #c46f00 · #8a2be2 · #006256 · #002923 · #170600
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#ffedea · #e7472f · #8a2be2 · #4b5c00 · #00282e · #010300
#9C55EE · #AE76F8 · #C095FF · #D1B6FF · #E4D5FF
#7418C2 · #5F00A4 · #49007F · #33005D · #20003D
#8345CA · #7C55B2 · #766099
Its chroma is high enough to carry accents, calls to action, and focal moments; large fields of it will dominate a composition. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.