#8A38B9#8A38B9

#8A38B9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.198 H 310.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A38B9
RGB	rgb(138, 56, 185)
HSL	hsl(278, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(278, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 69.7%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.79, 55.79, -53.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.79, 77.17, 316.31°)
OKLab	oklab(51.42% 0.1281 -0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(51.42% 0.198 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.6507, 11.7349, 47.0667)
Luminance	0.1173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A38B9 #67B938

analogous

#4A38B9 #8A38B9 #B938A7

triadic

#8A38B9 #B98A38 #38B98A

tetradic

#8A38B9 #B94A38 #67B938 #38A7B9

square

#8A38B9 #B94A38 #67B938 #38A7B9

split-complementary

#8A38B9 #A7B938 #38B94A

monochromatic

#441C5B #672A8A #8A38B9 #A65FCF #C08EDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.27

#8A38B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#8A38B9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A38B9

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A38B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A38B9	1.00	6.27	3.35	6.27
#FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2361B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#845474

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a38b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 56, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.198 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b075cf',
    500: '#8a38b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a38b9;
$custom-light: #b075cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a38b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.14,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51419,
    "c": 0.19783,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A38B9

secondary

#9DC885

accent

#DD4B80

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A38B9

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

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