#8838D4#8838D4

#8838D4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.224 H 302.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8838D4
RGB	rgb(136, 56, 212)
HSL	hsl(271, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(271, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.8%, 73.6%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.48, 61.50, -66.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.48, 90.41, 312.86°)
OKLab	oklab(53.18% 0.121 -0.1889)
OKLCH	oklch(53.18% 0.224 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.4484, 12.8160, 63.5130)
Luminance	0.1282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8838D4 #84D438

analogous

#3A38D4 #8838D4 #D438D2

triadic

#8838D4 #D48838 #38D488

tetradic

#8838D4 #D43A38 #84D438 #38D2D4

square

#8838D4 #D43A38 #84D438 #38D2D4

split-complementary

#8838D4 #D2D438 #38D43A

monochromatic

#4A1A78 #6925AA #8838D4 #A66ADF #C49DEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.89

#8838D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#8838D4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8838D4

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8838D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8838D4	1.00	5.89	3.56	5.89
#FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0064D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#785F83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8838d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 56, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.224 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b176e2',
    500: '#8838d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8838d4;
$custom-light: #b176e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8838d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.769,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5318,
    "c": 0.22435,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8838D4

secondary

#B3D692

accent

#E74092

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EDFC

border

#D0C8D5

text

#110915

muted

#807B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8838D4

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

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