#8A38C4#8A38C4

#8A38C4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.209 H 307.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A38C4
RGB	rgb(138, 56, 196)
HSL	hsl(275, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(275, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.6%, 71.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.56, 58.23, -58.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.56, 82.54, 314.87°)
OKLab	oklab(52.21% 0.1266 -0.166)
OKLCH	oklch(52.21% 0.209 307.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.8571, 12.2174, 53.4206)
Luminance	0.1222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A38C4 #72C438

analogous

#4438C4 #8A38C4 #C438B8

triadic

#8A38C4 #C48A38 #38C48A

tetradic

#8A38C4 #C44438 #72C438 #38B8C4

square

#8A38C4 #C44438 #72C438 #38B8C4

split-complementary

#8A38C4 #B8C438 #38C444

monochromatic

#471D65 #682A94 #8A38C4 #A666D3 #C296E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.10

#8A38C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#8A38C4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A38C4

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A38C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A38C4	1.00	6.10	3.44	6.10
#FFFFFF	6.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0563C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80587A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a38c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 56, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.209 307.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b176d7',
    500: '#8a38c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a38c4;
$custom-light: #b176d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a38c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.143,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52209,
    "c": 0.20879,
    "h": 307.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A38C4

secondary

#A6CC8C

accent

#DF4987

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#110914

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A38C4

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

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