#8438C9#8438C9

#8438C9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.212 H 303.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8438C9
RGB	rgb(132, 56, 201)
HSL	hsl(271, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(271, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 72.1%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.14, 58.23, -62.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.14, 85.15, 313.14°)
OKLab	oklab(51.86% 0.1176 -0.1769)
OKLCH	oklch(51.86% 0.212 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.4701, 11.9510, 56.4227)
Luminance	0.1195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8438C9 #7DC938

analogous

#3B38C9 #8438C9 #C938C6

triadic

#8438C9 #C98438 #38C984

tetradic

#8438C9 #C93B38 #7DC938 #38C6C9

square

#8438C9 #C93B38 #7DC938 #38C6C9

split-complementary

#8438C9 #C6C938 #38C93B

monochromatic

#451D6A #652A9A #8438C9 #A268D6 #C098E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.19

#8438C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#8438C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8438C9

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8438C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8438C9	1.00	6.19	3.39	6.19
#FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0061C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#765B7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8438c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(132, 56, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.212 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad75da',
    500: '#8438c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8438c9;
$custom-light: #ad75da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8438c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 132,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.448,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51856,
    "c": 0.21243,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8438C9

secondary

#ADCF8E

accent

#E14790

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFB

border

#D0C8D4

text

#110915

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8438C9

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

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