#8A38BB#8A38BB

#8A38BB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.200 H 309.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A38BB
RGB	rgb(138, 56, 187)
HSL	hsl(278, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(278, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.2%, 70.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.93, 56.23, -54.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.93, 78.14, 316.02°)
OKLab	oklab(51.56% 0.1279 -0.1535)
OKLCH	oklch(51.56% 0.2 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.8633, 11.8199, 48.1865)
Luminance	0.1182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A38BB #69BB38

analogous

#4838BB #8A38BB #BB38AA

triadic

#8A38BB #BB8A38 #38BB8A

tetradic

#8A38BB #BB4838 #69BB38 #38AABB

square

#8A38BB #BB4838 #69BB38 #38AABB

split-complementary

#8A38BB #AABB38 #38BB48

monochromatic

#441C5D #672A8C #8A38BB #A661D0 #C190DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.24

#8A38BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#8A38BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A38BB

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A38BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A38BB	1.00	6.24	3.36	6.24
#FFFFFF	6.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2062B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#835576

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a38bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 56, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.200 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b075d0',
    500: '#8a38bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a38bb;
$custom-light: #b075d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a38bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.557,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5156,
    "c": 0.19982,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A38BB

secondary

#9FC886

accent

#DD4B81

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#110914

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A38BB

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

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