#8838C2#8838C2

#8838C2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.206 H 307.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8838C2
RGB	rgb(136, 56, 194)
HSL	hsl(275, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(275, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.9%, 71.1%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.15, 57.39, -58.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.15, 81.60, 314.69°)
OKLab	oklab(51.82% 0.1243 -0.1646)
OKLCH	oklch(51.82% 0.206 307)
XYZ	xyz(21.3030, 11.9579, 52.2143)
Luminance	0.1196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8838C2 #72C238

analogous

#4338C2 #8838C2 #C238B7

triadic

#8838C2 #C28838 #38C288

tetradic

#8838C2 #C24338 #72C238 #38B7C2

square

#8838C2 #C24338 #72C238 #38B7C2

split-complementary

#8838C2 #B7C238 #38C243

monochromatic

#451D63 #672A93 #8838C2 #A465D2 #C094E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.19

#8838C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#8838C2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8838C2

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8838C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8838C2	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)

#005EC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0562BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E5879

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8838c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 56, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.206 307.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b075d5',
    500: '#8838c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8838c2;
$custom-light: #b075d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8838c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.783,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51815,
    "c": 0.20627,
    "h": 307
  },
  "luminance": 0.11958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8838C2

secondary

#A6CB8A

accent

#DF4988

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#110914

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8838C2

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

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