#8A38B2#8A38B2

#8A38B2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.191 H 312.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A38B2
RGB	rgb(138, 56, 178)
HSL	hsl(280, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(280, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 68.5%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.32, 54.28, -49.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.32, 73.75, 317.39°)
OKLab	oklab(50.93% 0.1288 -0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(50.93% 0.191 312.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.9298, 11.4465, 43.2704)
Luminance	0.1145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A38B2 #60B238

analogous

#4D38B2 #8A38B2 #B2389D

triadic

#8A38B2 #B28A38 #38B28A

tetradic

#8A38B2 #B24D38 #60B238 #389DB2

square

#8A38B2 #B24D38 #60B238 #389DB2

split-complementary

#8A38B2 #9DB238 #38B24D

monochromatic

#421B55 #662983 #8A38B2 #A75CCC #C08ADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.38

#8A38B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#8A38B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A38B2

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A38B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A38B2	1.00	6.38	3.29	6.38
#FFFFFF	6.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D61AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#855171

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a38b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 56, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.191 312.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b075ca',
    500: '#8a38b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a38b2;
$custom-light: #b075ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a38b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.328,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50934,
    "c": 0.19088,
    "h": 312.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A38B2

secondary

#97C581

accent

#DC4C7B

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF8

border

#D0C8D1

text

#110913

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A38B2

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

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