#8A38C1#8A38C1

#8A38C1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.206 H 308.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A38C1
RGB	rgb(138, 56, 193)
HSL	hsl(276, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(276, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.5%, 71%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.35, 57.56, -57.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.35, 81.07, 315.23°)
OKLab	oklab(51.99% 0.1271 -0.1619)
OKLCH	oklch(51.99% 0.206 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.5191, 12.0822, 51.6402)
Luminance	0.1208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A38C1 #6FC138

analogous

#4538C1 #8A38C1 #C138B4

triadic

#8A38C1 #C18A38 #38C18A

tetradic

#8A38C1 #C14538 #6FC138 #38B4C1

square

#8A38C1 #C14538 #6FC138 #38B4C1

split-complementary

#8A38C1 #B4C138 #38C145

monochromatic

#461C62 #682A92 #8A38C1 #A664D2 #C194E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.15

#8A38C1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#8A38C1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A38C1

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A38C1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A38C1	1.00	6.15	3.42	6.15
#FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005EC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1162BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#815779

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a38c1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 56, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.206 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b176d5',
    500: '#8a38c1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a38c1;
$custom-light: #b176d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a38c1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.912,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5199,
    "c": 0.2058,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A38C1

secondary

#A4CB8A

accent

#DE4985

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#110914

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A38C1

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

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