#8A38BE#8A38BE

#8A38BE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.203 H 308.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A38BE
RGB	rgb(138, 56, 190)
HSL	hsl(277, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(277, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 70.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.14, 56.89, -55.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.14, 79.61, 315.62°)
OKLab	oklab(51.77% 0.1275 -0.1577)
OKLCH	oklch(51.77% 0.203 308.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.1878, 11.9497, 49.8956)
Luminance	0.1195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A38BE #6CBE38

analogous

#4738BE #8A38BE #BE38AF

triadic

#8A38BE #BE8A38 #38BE8A

tetradic

#8A38BE #BE4738 #6CBE38 #38AFBE

square

#8A38BE #BE4738 #6CBE38 #38AFBE

split-complementary

#8A38BE #AFBE38 #38BE47

monochromatic

#451C5F #682A8F #8A38BE #A662D1 #C192DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.20

#8A38BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#8A38BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A38BE

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A38BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A38BE	1.00	6.20	3.39	6.20
#FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005EC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1962BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#825677

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a38be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 56, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.203 308.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b175d2',
    500: '#8a38be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a38be;
$custom-light: #b175d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a38be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.716,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51774,
    "c": 0.20281,
    "h": 308.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A38BE

secondary

#A2CA88

accent

#DE4A83

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#110914

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A38BE

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

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