#8A38C5#8A38C5

#8A38C5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.210 H 307.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A38C5
RGB	rgb(138, 56, 197)
HSL	hsl(275, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(275, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.9%, 71.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.63, 58.45, -58.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.63, 83.03, 314.75°)
OKLab	oklab(52.28% 0.1265 -0.1674)
OKLCH	oklch(52.28% 0.21 307.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.9713, 12.2631, 54.0221)
Luminance	0.1226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A38C5 #73C538

analogous

#4438C5 #8A38C5 #C538B9

triadic

#8A38C5 #C58A38 #38C58A

tetradic

#8A38C5 #C54438 #73C538 #38B9C5

square

#8A38C5 #C54438 #73C538 #38B9C5

split-complementary

#8A38C5 #B9C538 #38C544

monochromatic

#471D66 #692A95 #8A38C5 #A667D4 #C296E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.08

#8A38C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.45

#8A38C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A38C5

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A38C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A38C5	1.00	6.08	3.45	6.08
#FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0063C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80597B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a38c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 56, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.210 307.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b176d7',
    500: '#8a38c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a38c5;
$custom-light: #b176d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a38c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.894,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52282,
    "c": 0.2098,
    "h": 307.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A38C5

secondary

#A7CD8C

accent

#DF4988

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#110914

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A38C5

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

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