#8038C4#8038C4

#8038C4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.206 H 303.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8038C4
RGB	rgb(128, 56, 196)
HSL	hsl(271, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(271, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.7%, 71.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.25, 56.30, -60.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.25, 82.78, 312.86°)
OKLab	oklab(51% 0.113 -0.1728)
OKLCH	oklch(51% 0.206 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.2777, 11.4031, 53.3466)
Luminance	0.1140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8038C4 #7CC438

analogous

#3A38C4 #8038C4 #C438C2

triadic

#8038C4 #C48038 #38C480

tetradic

#8038C4 #C43A38 #7CC438 #38C2C4

square

#8038C4 #C43A38 #7CC438 #38C2C4

split-complementary

#8038C4 #C2C438 #38C43A

monochromatic

#421D65 #612A94 #8038C4 #9E66D3 #BC96E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.40

#8038C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.28

#8038C4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8038C4

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8038C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8038C4	1.00	6.40	3.28	6.40
#FFFFFF	6.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005FC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#725A7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8038c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(128, 56, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.206 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aa75d7',
    500: '#8038c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8038c4;
$custom-light: #aa75d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8038c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 128,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.857,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50999,
    "c": 0.20646,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8038C4

secondary

#ABCC8C

accent

#DF4992

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#110914

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8038C4

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

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