#8A38C0#8A38C0

#8A38C0 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.205 H 308.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A38C0
RGB	rgb(138, 56, 192)
HSL	hsl(276, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(276, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.1%, 70.8%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.28, 57.34, -56.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.28, 80.59, 315.36°)
OKLab	oklab(51.92% 0.1272 -0.1605)
OKLCH	oklch(51.92% 0.205 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.4079, 12.0377, 51.0547)
Luminance	0.1204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A38C0 #6EC038

analogous

#4638C0 #8A38C0 #C038B2

triadic

#8A38C0 #C08A38 #38C08A

tetradic

#8A38C0 #C04638 #6EC038 #38B2C0

square

#8A38C0 #C04638 #6EC038 #38B2C0

split-complementary

#8A38C0 #B2C038 #38C046

monochromatic

#461C61 #682A91 #8A38C0 #A664D2 #C193DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.16

#8A38C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#8A38C0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A38C0

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A38C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A38C0	1.00	6.16	3.41	6.16
#FFFFFF	6.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005EC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1462BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#825778

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a38c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 56, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.205 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b176d4',
    500: '#8a38c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a38c0;
$custom-light: #b176d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a38c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.176,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51918,
    "c": 0.20481,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A38C0

secondary

#A3CB89

accent

#DE4A85

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#110914

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A38C0

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

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