#8A38BF#8A38BF

#8A38BF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.204 H 308.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A38BF
RGB	rgb(138, 56, 191)
HSL	hsl(276, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(276, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.7%, 70.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.21, 57.11, -56.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.21, 80.10, 315.49°)
OKLab	oklab(51.85% 0.1274 -0.1591)
OKLCH	oklch(51.85% 0.204 308.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.2975, 11.9936, 50.4732)
Luminance	0.1199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A38BF #6DBF38

analogous

#4638BF #8A38BF #BF38B0

triadic

#8A38BF #BF8A38 #38BF8A

tetradic

#8A38BF #BF4638 #6DBF38 #38B0BF

square

#8A38BF #BF4638 #6DBF38 #38B0BF

split-complementary

#8A38BF #B0BF38 #38BF46

monochromatic

#461C60 #682A90 #8A38BF #A663D1 #C192DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.18

#8A38BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#8A38BF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A38BF

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A38BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A38BF	1.00	6.18	3.40	6.18
#FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005EC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1762BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#825678

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a38bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 56, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.204 308.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b176d3',
    500: '#8a38bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a38bf;
$custom-light: #b176d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a38bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.444,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51846,
    "c": 0.20381,
    "h": 308.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A38BF

secondary

#A2CA89

accent

#DE4A84

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#110914

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A38BF

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

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