#8A38DC#8A38DC

#8A38DC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.233 H 301.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A38DC
RGB	rgb(138, 56, 220)
HSL	hsl(270, 70%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(270, 75%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 74.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.36, 63.69, -69.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.36, 94.22, 312.53°)
OKLab	oklab(54.04% 0.122 -0.1981)
OKLCH	oklch(54.04% 0.233 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.8105, 13.3988, 68.9754)
Luminance	0.1340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A38DC #8ADC38

analogous

#3838DC #8A38DC #DC38DC

triadic

#8A38DC #DC8A38 #38DC8A

tetradic

#8A38DC #DC3838 #8ADC38 #38DCDC

square

#8A38DC #DC3838 #8ADC38 #38DCDC

split-complementary

#8A38DC #DCDC38 #38DC38

monochromatic

#4D1783 #6B20B7 #8A38DC #A96CE5 #C7A0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.71

#8A38DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#8A38DC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A38DC

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A38DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A38DC	1.00	5.71	3.68	5.71
#FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0066D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#786288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a38dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 56, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.233 301.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b377e8',
    500: '#8a38dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a38dc;
$custom-light: #b377e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a38dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 70.085,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54043,
    "c": 0.23268,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A38DC

secondary

#B8DB95

accent

#ED3B94

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFD

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120916

muted

#817B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A38DC

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

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