#8A38E6#8A38E6

#8A38E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.243 H 299.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A38E6
RGB	rgb(138, 56, 230)
HSL	hsl(268, 78%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(268, 76%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 75.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.15, 66.02, -73.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.15, 99.04, 311.81°)
OKLab	oklab(54.85% 0.1196 -0.211)
OKLCH	oklch(54.85% 0.243 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.1747, 13.9445, 76.1601)
Luminance	0.1394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A38E6 #94E638

analogous

#383DE6 #8A38E6 #E138E6

triadic

#8A38E6 #E68A38 #38E68A

tetradic

#8A38E6 #E6383D #94E638 #38E6E1

square

#8A38E6 #E6383D #94E638 #38E6E1

split-complementary

#8A38E6 #E6E138 #3DE638

monochromatic

#4E1291 #6B19C8 #8A38E6 #AA6EED #CAA5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54

#8A38E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#8A38E6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A38E6

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A38E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A38E6	1.00	5.54	3.79	5.54
#FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0067E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74668E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a38e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 56, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.243 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b477ef',
    500: '#8a38e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a38e6;
$custom-light: #b477ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a38e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.276,
    "s": 77.679,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54847,
    "c": 0.24259,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A38E6

secondary

#BFE199

accent

#F43499

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFD

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120917

muted

#817B85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A38E6

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

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