#8A38B1#8A38B1

#8A38B1 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.190 H 312.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A38B1
RGB	rgb(138, 56, 177)
HSL	hsl(281, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(281, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 68.4%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.26, 54.06, -49.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.26, 73.27, 317.55°)
OKLab	oklab(50.87% 0.1289 -0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(50.87% 0.19 312.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.8298, 11.4065, 42.7435)
Luminance	0.1141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A38B1 #5FB138

analogous

#4D38B1 #8A38B1 #B1389B

triadic

#8A38B1 #B18A38 #38B18A

tetradic

#8A38B1 #B14D38 #5FB138 #389BB1

square

#8A38B1 #B14D38 #5FB138 #389BB1

split-complementary

#8A38B1 #9BB138 #38B14D

monochromatic

#421B54 #662983 #8A38B1 #A75BCB #C08ADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.40

#8A38B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.28

#8A38B1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A38B1

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A38B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A38B1	1.00	6.40	3.28	6.40
#FFFFFF	6.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E61AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#865170

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a38b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 56, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.190 312.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b075c9',
    500: '#8a38b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a38b1;
$custom-light: #b075c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a38b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.661,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50866,
    "c": 0.18989,
    "h": 312.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A38B1

secondary

#96C481

accent

#DB4C7A

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF8

border

#D0C8D1

text

#110913

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A38B1

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

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