#8A38B6#8A38B6

#8A38B6 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.195 H 311.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A38B6
RGB	rgb(138, 56, 182)
HSL	hsl(279, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(279, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.2%, 69.2%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.59, 55.14, -51.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.59, 75.70, 316.75°)
OKLab	oklab(51.21% 0.1284 -0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(51.21% 0.195 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.3373, 11.6095, 45.4164)
Luminance	0.1161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A38B6 #64B638

analogous

#4B38B6 #8A38B6 #B638A3

triadic

#8A38B6 #B68A38 #38B68A

tetradic

#8A38B6 #B64B38 #64B638 #38A3B6

square

#8A38B6 #B64B38 #64B638 #38A3B6

split-complementary

#8A38B6 #A3B638 #38B64B

monochromatic

#431B58 #672A87 #8A38B6 #A65ECD #C08DDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.32

#8A38B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.32

#8A38B6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A38B6

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A38B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A38B6	1.00	6.32	3.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	6.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2861B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#845373

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a38b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 56, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.195 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b075cd',
    500: '#8a38b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a38b6;
$custom-light: #b075cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a38b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.048,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51209,
    "c": 0.19485,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A38B6

secondary

#9BC684

accent

#DC4B7E

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110913

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A38B6

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

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