#8838D9#8838D9

#8838D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.229 H 301.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8838D9
RGB	rgb(136, 56, 217)
HSL	hsl(270, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(270, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 74.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.87, 62.66, -68.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.87, 92.85, 312.45°)
OKLab	oklab(53.57% 0.1199 -0.1955)
OKLCH	oklch(53.57% 0.229 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.0889, 13.0722, 66.8863)
Luminance	0.1307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8838D9 #89D938

analogous

#3838D9 #8838D9 #D838D9

triadic

#8838D9 #D98838 #38D988

tetradic

#8838D9 #D93838 #89D938 #38D9D8

square

#8838D9 #D93838 #89D938 #38D9D8

split-complementary

#8838D9 #D9D838 #38D938

monochromatic

#4B187E #6922B2 #8838D9 #A76BE3 #C59FED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.81

#8838D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#8838D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8838D9

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8838D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8838D9	1.00	5.81	3.61	5.81
#FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0064D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#766186

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8838d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 56, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.229 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b176e6',
    500: '#8838d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8838d9;
$custom-light: #b176e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8838d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.814,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53573,
    "c": 0.22935,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8838D9

secondary

#B7D994

accent

#EB3D94

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EDFC

border

#D0C8D5

text

#120916

muted

#817B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8838D9

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

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