#8A38BA#8A38BA

#8A38BA is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.199 H 310.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A38BA
RGB	rgb(138, 56, 186)
HSL	hsl(278, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(278, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 69.9%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.86, 56.01, -53.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.86, 77.65, 316.16°)
OKLab	oklab(51.49% 0.128 -0.1521)
OKLCH	oklch(51.49% 0.199 310.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.7566, 11.7772, 47.6246)
Luminance	0.1178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A38BA #68BA38

analogous

#4938BA #8A38BA #BA38A9

triadic

#8A38BA #BA8A38 #38BA8A

tetradic

#8A38BA #BA4938 #68BA38 #38A9BA

square

#8A38BA #BA4938 #68BA38 #38A9BA

split-complementary

#8A38BA #A9BA38 #38BA49

monochromatic

#441C5C #672A8B #8A38BA #A660CF #C08FDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.26

#8A38BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#8A38BA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A38BA

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A38BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A38BA	1.00	6.26	3.36	6.26
#FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2162B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#835475

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a38ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 56, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.199 310.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b075cf',
    500: '#8a38ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a38ba;
$custom-light: #b075cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a38ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.846,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51489,
    "c": 0.19882,
    "h": 310.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A38BA

secondary

#9EC886

accent

#DD4B81

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A38BA

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

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