#8838B7#8838B7

#8838B7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.195 H 310.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8838B7
RGB	rgb(136, 56, 183)
HSL	hsl(278, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(278, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 69.4%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.38, 54.94, -52.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.38, 76.20, 316.13°)
OKLab	oklab(51.02% 0.1257 -0.1493)
OKLCH	oklch(51.02% 0.195 310.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.1131, 11.4819, 45.9473)
Luminance	0.1148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8838B7 #67B738

analogous

#4838B7 #8838B7 #B738A7

triadic

#8838B7 #B78838 #38B788

tetradic

#8838B7 #B74838 #67B738 #38A7B7

square

#8838B7 #B74838 #67B738 #38A7B7

split-complementary

#8838B7 #A7B738 #38B748

monochromatic

#421B59 #652A88 #8838B7 #A55ECE #BF8DDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.37

#8838B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#8838B7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8838B7

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8838B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8838B7	1.00	6.37	3.30	6.37
#FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2360B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#825373

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8838b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 56, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.195 310.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af75cd',
    500: '#8838b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8838b7;
$custom-light: #af75cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8838b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.795,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51024,
    "c": 0.19521,
    "h": 310.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8838B7

secondary

#9DC784

accent

#DD4B81

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8838B7

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

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