#8A38B7#8A38B7

#8A38B7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.196 H 310.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A38B7
RGB	rgb(138, 56, 183)
HSL	hsl(279, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(279, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 69.4%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.66, 55.36, -52.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.66, 76.19, 316.60°)
OKLab	oklab(51.28% 0.1283 -0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(51.28% 0.196 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.4410, 11.6510, 45.9626)
Luminance	0.1165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A38B7 #65B738

analogous

#4B38B7 #8A38B7 #B738A5

triadic

#8A38B7 #B78A38 #38B78A

tetradic

#8A38B7 #B74B38 #65B738 #38A5B7

square

#8A38B7 #B74B38 #65B738 #38A5B7

split-complementary

#8A38B7 #A5B738 #38B74B

monochromatic

#431B59 #672A88 #8A38B7 #A65ECE #C08DDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.31

#8A38B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.33

#8A38B7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A38B7

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A38B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A38B7	1.00	6.31	3.33	6.31
#FFFFFF	6.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2661B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#845373

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a38b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 56, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.196 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b075cd',
    500: '#8a38b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a38b7;
$custom-light: #b075cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a38b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.74,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51279,
    "c": 0.19584,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A38B7

secondary

#9CC784

accent

#DD4B7F

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A38B7

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

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