#8838C6#8838C6

#8838C6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.210 H 306.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8838C6
RGB	rgb(136, 56, 198)
HSL	hsl(274, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(274, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.3%, 71.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.44, 58.29, -59.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.44, 83.56, 314.23°)
OKLab	oklab(52.11% 0.1236 -0.1701)
OKLCH	oklch(52.11% 0.21 306)
XYZ	xyz(21.7583, 12.1400, 54.6121)
Luminance	0.1214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8838C6 #76C638

analogous

#4138C6 #8838C6 #C638BD

triadic

#8838C6 #C68838 #38C688

tetradic

#8838C6 #C64138 #76C638 #38BDC6

square

#8838C6 #C64138 #76C638 #38BDC6

split-complementary

#8838C6 #BDC638 #38C641

monochromatic

#461D67 #672B96 #8838C6 #A567D4 #C197E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.13

#8838C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.43

#8838C6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8838C6

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8838C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8838C6	1.00	6.13	3.43	6.13
#FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0062C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D597C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8838c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 56, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.210 306.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b076d8',
    500: '#8838c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8838c6;
$custom-light: #b076d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8838c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.803,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52111,
    "c": 0.21029,
    "h": 306
  },
  "luminance": 0.1214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8838C6

secondary

#A9CD8D

accent

#DF498A

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#110915

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8838C6

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

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