#8A38D4#8A38D4

#8A38D4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.225 H 303.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A38D4
RGB	rgb(138, 56, 212)
HSL	hsl(272, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(272, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 73.6%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.74, 61.85, -65.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.74, 90.34, 313.21°)
OKLab	oklab(53.42% 0.1237 -0.1876)
OKLCH	oklch(53.42% 0.225 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.7763, 12.9851, 63.5284)
Luminance	0.1298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A38D4 #82D438

analogous

#3C38D4 #8A38D4 #D438D0

triadic

#8A38D4 #D48A38 #38D48A

tetradic

#8A38D4 #D43C38 #82D438 #38D0D4

square

#8A38D4 #D43C38 #82D438 #38D0D4

split-complementary

#8A38D4 #D0D438 #38D43C

monochromatic

#4B1A78 #6B25AA #8A38D4 #A86ADF #C59DEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.84

#8A38D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#8A38D4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A38D4

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A38D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A38D4	1.00	5.84	3.60	5.84
#FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0065D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B5F83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a38d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 56, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.225 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b276e2',
    500: '#8a38d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a38d4;
$custom-light: #b276e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a38d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.538,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53416,
    "c": 0.22473,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A38D4

secondary

#B2D692

accent

#E74090

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EDFC

border

#D0C8D5

text

#120915

muted

#817B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A38D4

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

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