#8A38D3#8A38D3

#8A38D3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.224 H 303.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A38D3
RGB	rgb(138, 56, 211)
HSL	hsl(272, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(272, 73%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.6%, 73.5%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.66, 61.62, -65.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.66, 89.85, 313.30°)
OKLab	oklab(53.34% 0.1239 -0.1863)
OKLCH	oklch(53.34% 0.224 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.6505, 12.9348, 62.8661)
Luminance	0.1293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A38D3 #81D338

analogous

#3D38D3 #8A38D3 #D338CE

triadic

#8A38D3 #D38A38 #38D38A

tetradic

#8A38D3 #D33D38 #81D338 #38CED3

square

#8A38D3 #D33D38 #81D338 #38CED3

split-complementary

#8A38D3 #CED338 #38D33D

monochromatic

#4B1A76 #6B25A9 #8A38D3 #A76ADE #C59CE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.85

#8A38D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#8A38D3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A38D3

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A38D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A38D3	1.00	5.85	3.59	5.85
#FFFFFF	5.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0064D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B5E83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a38d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 56, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.224 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b276e1',
    500: '#8a38d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a38d3;
$custom-light: #b276e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a38d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.742,
    "s": 63.786,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53338,
    "c": 0.22374,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A38D3

secondary

#B1D592

accent

#E7418F

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFB

border

#D0C8D4

text

#120915

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A38D3

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

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