#8A38CA#8A38CA

#8A38CA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.215 H 305.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A38CA
RGB	rgb(138, 56, 202)
HSL	hsl(274, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(274, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 72.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.99, 59.58, -61.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.99, 85.47, 314.19°)
OKLab	oklab(52.65% 0.1256 -0.1742)
OKLCH	oklch(52.65% 0.215 305.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.5537, 12.4961, 57.0895)
Luminance	0.1250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A38CA #78CA38

analogous

#4138CA #8A38CA #CA38C1

triadic

#8A38CA #CA8A38 #38CA8A

tetradic

#8A38CA #CA4138 #78CA38 #38C1CA

square

#8A38CA #CA4138 #78CA38 #38C1CA

split-complementary

#8A38CA #C1CA38 #38CA41

monochromatic

#491D6B #69299B #8A38CA #A668D7 #C399E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.00

#8A38CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#8A38CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A38CA

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A38CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A38CA	1.00	6.00	3.50	6.00
#FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0063C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F5B7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a38ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 56, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.215 305.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b176db',
    500: '#8a38ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a38ca;
$custom-light: #b176db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a38ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.699,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52654,
    "c": 0.21478,
    "h": 305.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A38CA

secondary

#ABCF8E

accent

#E1478A

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFB

border

#D0C8D4

text

#110915

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A38CA

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

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