#8838C4#8838C4

#8838C4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.208 H 306.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8838C4
RGB	rgb(136, 56, 196)
HSL	hsl(274, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(274, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.6%, 71.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.29, 57.84, -58.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.29, 82.58, 314.46°)
OKLab	oklab(51.96% 0.1239 -0.1674)
OKLCH	oklch(51.96% 0.208 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.5292, 12.0483, 53.4052)
Luminance	0.1205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8838C4 #74C438

analogous

#4238C4 #8838C4 #C438BA

triadic

#8838C4 #C48838 #38C488

tetradic

#8838C4 #C44238 #74C438 #38BAC4

square

#8838C4 #C44238 #74C438 #38BAC4

split-complementary

#8838C4 #BAC438 #38C442

monochromatic

#461D65 #672A94 #8838C4 #A466D3 #C196E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.16

#8838C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#8838C4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8838C4

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8838C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8838C4	1.00	6.16	3.41	6.16
#FFFFFF	6.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0062C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E597A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8838c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 56, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.208 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b076d7',
    500: '#8838c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8838c4;
$custom-light: #b076d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8838c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51963,
    "c": 0.20828,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8838C4

secondary

#A7CC8C

accent

#DF4989

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#110914

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8838C4

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

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