#8A38B8#8A38B8

#8A38B8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.197 H 310.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A38B8
RGB	rgb(138, 56, 184)
HSL	hsl(278, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(278, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 69.6%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.72, 55.58, -52.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.72, 76.68, 316.45°)
OKLab	oklab(51.35% 0.1282 -0.1493)
OKLCH	oklch(51.35% 0.197 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.5455, 11.6928, 46.5127)
Luminance	0.1169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A38B8 #66B838

analogous

#4A38B8 #8A38B8 #B838A6

triadic

#8A38B8 #B88A38 #38B88A

tetradic

#8A38B8 #B84A38 #66B838 #38A6B8

square

#8A38B8 #B84A38 #66B838 #38A6B8

split-complementary

#8A38B8 #A6B838 #38B84A

monochromatic

#441B5A #672A89 #8A38B8 #A65FCE #C08EDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.29

#8A38B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#8A38B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A38B8

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A38B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A38B8	1.00	6.29	3.34	6.29
#FFFFFF	6.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2561B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#845474

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a38b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 56, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.197 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b075ce',
    500: '#8a38b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a38b8;
$custom-light: #b075ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a38b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.438,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51349,
    "c": 0.19685,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A38B8

secondary

#9DC785

accent

#DD4B7F

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A38B8

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

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